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Although "Honors Are Even," now playing at the Park Square Theatre, is not classified in the program under any given type of play, it has been generally acclaimed as a "comedy"; the plot, however, is so light that it borders close upon a "farce" in fact it might most appropriately be termed a "farcical comedy." Flimsy as the plot may be, there is, nevertheless, a continual element of surprise running throughout the performance. The piece opens with an unusual and very ingonious prelude in three incidents, depicting in a convincing and amusing, fashion the love affairs of a popular society...
...nature, the stage has seen a variety of mystical pieces which have delved more or less deeply into this rather intangible subject. Edward Knoblock's latest offering, "One," now playing at the Tremont Theatre, proceeds a step further than any similar play, however, and by reason of its audacious plot is apt to go over the heads of the average audience. At any rate, it provides a dual role for Frances Starr in which she has plenty of opportunity to prove that she is still the very able emotional actress of "Marie-Odile" and "Tiger! Tiger...
...doubtful whether this juggling with the supernatural in "One" has not gone just a bit too far. The daring treatment of the theme results here in a sacrifice of plausibility to uniqueness--for the plot is certainly unique if nothing else. The ordinary mortal has no difficulty in experiencing the definite thrills of such "spook" dramas as "The Ouija Board," but in comparison, "One" is a very ambitious attempt which is not so easy to understand. The convenient method of communication between the sisters does not seem quite in keeping with customary procedure in such matters, but the exigencies...
...passed the more difficult period of youth and has reached the age where real romance may be his. Clarence is a discharged soldier hero, who in the course of four amusing acts falls in love with and finally marries a pretty governess. But without the element of adolescence the plot would be too commonplace for mention, so the action revolves chiefly on the sentimental affairs of the 17-year-old Bobble Wheeler and his sister Cora, who has just attained the flapper age of sweet sixteen. The play is a comedy of incidents in the life of the Wheeler family...
...plot is a triangle but it is isosceles. At the apex is the charming, magnetic feature of Mme. Morelli, who has followed a thorny path to operatic success. Richard Northcote, artist, half-paralyzed, bereft of inspiration by his separation from Mme. Morelli, and his wife Elsie (married in an absent-minded moment), complete the eternal problem...