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...that spread their wares along the various counters of Manhattan show shops. Weak Sisters. Bawdy humor of undeniable effectiveness is woven through this entertainment. The ladies of the title are ladies of questionable occupation. Naturally it turns out that certain other females of the company, of more pious background, are not entirely innocent. There is a roaring clergyman to absorb many of the jabs of satire. A generally competent performance by a group of virtually unknown players helps considerably. The author, Lynn Starling, is a playwright of proven skill (Meet the Wife). It is unfortunate he selected such a tawdry...
...susceptiveness of their minds to artistic things, their background of training and discipline received in the concentration on objects of beauty and art, and the capacity for giving their very best in the fulfillment of an artistic creation--these are the reasons why we have tried to make up the entire cast of the 'Miracle' from among college men and women...
...pruriency will be sadly disappointed. There are a hundred other poets and writers better suited for such a purpose. It is true in the 'Roman Elegies' Goethe has treated the joys of physical love, but he has done it with such consummate art and the illusion of the classical background is so complete that we can only marvel...
...announcement comes from Stockholm that a new play by Prince William is shortly to be put into rehearsal by the Swedish National Theatre. This time the Prince has essayed a drama dealing with life at sea, has entitled it On Board, and drawn for background upon the events surrounding the several active commands which he has held in the Swedish Navy. Considering the passion for seafaring which animates so many Scandinavians, the Prince's latest choice of subject matter is considered as well advised, if not so sensational, as his negroid theme of two years...
Caught. This somewhat unnecessary story of a young man who married for money was quietly rejected by most of the critics. It was an unnecessary story because the young man had virtually no redeeming feature. The woman he married was elderly and not particularly attractive. In the background was the girl he really loved. By the end of the second act she was also tired of poverty and about to take an even more elderly lover. Then her young man shot his wife and a few minutes later himself. The acting was only fair...