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...Edward Sheldon, the author of 'Salvation Nell,' in which Mrs. Fiske made her appearance at the Hackett Theatre, is only 23 years old. Ten years hence, when he has become a still more successful and well-seasoned playwright, he will probably stand abashed at the remembrance of all he did and dared in his maiden effort. For however much traditions may be shocked and polite conventionalities shattered, the fact must go on record that this boy from Harvard, backed only by the courage of his own convictions, and with Mrs. Fiske as both actress and stage manageress standing...
...sees only the sublime doggedness of their one highest ideal-resisting compromise. The play in short sets one thinking, sets one contemplating a great ungathered people's fate as well at its own as at others' hands. Mr. Davis has proved himself behind certain crudities of technique, a playwright of power...
...William M. Salter, who was until recently a lecturer for the Society of Ethical Culture of Chicago, delivered a strong lecture on Bernard Shaw last night in Emerson D, in which he dealt with the playwright's philosophy...
...essay on Stephen Phillips, by J. T. Addison, goes, without question, to the heart of the whole matter. By means of admirable selections the writer demonstrates Mr. Phillips's virtues and defects as a poet; and continuing classes him as a playwright--one versed in the theatrical--as opposed to a real dramatist--an objective student of character. The comparison with Shakespeare, urged for the purpose of bringing out Mr. Phillips's dramatic flimsiness, might easily have been made more illuminating by slightly profounder meditation...
...During the early attempts in the University in 1895 to revive the Elizabethan stage, he took successfully the part of the Orange Girl, in the audience. After his graduation Mr. Knoblauch went to London, where, with occasional returns to this country, he has occupied himself ever since as a playwright. He has recently written a play which Mr. H. B. Irving, son of the late Henry Irving, plans to present. Mr. Knoblauch will return to London shortly to make arrangements for the adaptation of a play for Yvette Guilbert, the French comedy artist...