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...Galsworthy depots disagreeable in his plays. He can't let a man leave the theatre in a happy mood. In this respect his tragedies overdo the spirit of repression. Thus, in "The Mod", he develops the disagreeableness of democracy which has overstepped bounds. The foundation of the plot is laid about an incident of Lloyd George's war career. At a political meeting in one of Great Britain's industrial cities, Lloyd George and his policies were resented by an infuriated mob of workmen, and the expresser was forced to leave the building by a rear door in the disguise...
Runnin' Wild. This latest sample from Negroland has all the characteristics of an explosion. It is shattering to the ear, elusive to the eye and utterly devastating to the theories of musical comedy. The scenery, the costumes, the situations are all persevering primitives. The plot is a frankly threadbare clothesline on which to pin the songs and dances. The voices are powerful but rather inclined to bolt and run away among the gallery rafters. But even rags for costumes, a popular song for a plot, and a phonograph for music would be overlooked in view of the dancing...
...plot of The Swan is not original. It tells of a beautiful (modern) princess in love with a handsome tutor; of a prince who would marry and make her his queen; of the ancient axiom that there is no royal road to happiness. Yet the very venerability of this plot in its application to the play betokens the master artificer. For only meticulous meditation long after one has left the playhouse discloses the deception. Such deception is admissible; indeed it is a privileged stratagem of genius...
There is a novel beauty to the snow photography which offers an unusual frame to a rather usual picture plot. In Lionel Barrymore the directors selected a particularly capable snowman...
...mystery play, the Italian plot seems superior in 'several respects: it has three more revolver shots, four more screams, and 32 more embraces. To offset this, however, the lights go out five more times in the Russian play, and there is one "peal of insane laughter" offstage. There is, besides, an excellent seance scene in which the stage hands will be kept very busy giving ghostly raps to the scenery, blowing open the doors, and snapping up the window shades...