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...touch and yet a depth of penetration which remind us of that philosopher of relativity who wrote "Six Characters in Search of an Author". "The Living Mask", and "Each in His Own Way." If Pirandello is the Philosopher who has turned dramatist. Evreinov in this play is the showman who has become philosopher. Yet he still remains the show man. He knows that "We hear more with our eyes than with our ears...
...theory. Yet in this particular instance it is well to clear up some possible misconception. While Evreinov is, of course, the champion of the monodrama it doesn't necessarily follow that he employs only that particular form as a means of expression. He is too good a showman not to know that the drama cannot be reduced to a strict formula. He realizes only too well that under present stage conditions the field for the monodrama is essentially limited. As a result while he has written volumes expounding his theory, in actual practice he has produced only two plays...
...Russian Theatre, "as long as I have succeeded in arousing your interest, in stimulating your curiosity, in helping you while away a few dull hours in this dull existence of yours, in a word, if I have succeeded in amusing you I have fulfilled my mission as a good showman. My job is to amuse not to instruct. Nay, more. If I have succeeded in bringing laughter in your heart and strange wonder in your soul I have given you greater instruction than you could possibly get in your churches or your academies. For the secret of life...
...plot or in situation, every entrance and every exit is perfectly obvious. There is nothing subtle in the entire piece, but Miss Nichols is not writing for a public that demands subtlety. She should not be reviled by the critics, for she has the true instinct of the showman. She is giving a particular portion of the public what it most wants to see. The box office return is her best justification...
...into the air and, for an imperceptible second, hung suspended so, in the image of Pegasus, a steed thrown sunward- then curved heavily, fiercely down burying its gloss in the brown water of a tank to the noise of a splash, a drum stroke, a great shout. Said the showman: "Often agents of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have come to stop us, and many have left saying that in their opinion this is the most beautiful animal act they have ever witnessed...