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...present type of American stage handicaps both the playwright and the producer", said Mr. Lee Simonson '09, the scenic artist of the Theatre Guild, in an interview for the Crimson. "The introduction of the hydraulic or elevator stage", said Mr. Simonson, "would remedy the present evils. With this arrangement, the entire stage may be lowered into the cellar and a fresh setting let down from above. This eliminates the difficulties and expense of the scene shifting in a play with many scenes. In addition to this advantage, the hydraulic stage enables the producer to et unusual scenic effects...
...would be difficult," he said, "to find 12 American dramatists whose work of artistic worth could equal that of Pinero, Ibsen, and Shaw." Mr. Baker explained the situation by saying that the American playwright is not at liberty to treat his subject in the way he thinks it should be treated, for he is hampered both by the old type of producer and by public taste. The theatre in America is regarded too much as a place of amusement...
...author, has with consummate skill placed opposites side by side. Inherited and acquired refinement meet, and struggle with vulgarity and worse. Carelessness vies with efficiency; temperaments clash. Here and in the beauty of some of the lines (too often marred by imperfect diction) lies the achievement of the playwright...
...without an audience, and held to a direct answer of "Yes" or "No" to every question put to him. These two semi-truisms are by no means the be all and end all of Shaviainism; but they go a long way in helping most of us to understand the playwright. "Getting Married," playing this week at the Copley, is no exception to Shaw's rules. It is witty, intellectual and enjoyable; it tears down without building up; it makes mince-meat of "class" and "respectability"; and it leaves the mind in a whirl. We should like to believe that Shaw...
...complaint, for some sad specimens of acting are only too frequently inflicted upon us. But the jocularity is not confined to "ham" actors, struggling stock companies, or situations so forced as to be suitable for sarcasm, for the most luminous of our stage stars and the efforts of our playwright most applauded elsewhere, have here repeatedly met with a sportive reception...