The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

The publishers are waiting for his
return from the Past % secure some moro
biographical details and then a volume Of
his PLAYS i o. be brought out the ;rans
lauon INTO English having heen made hy
- John Hankin and Mrs Bernard shaw
and the preface hy BERNARD shaw. uh1
ha~ written % me concerning 10 and in.
cid"nia.iy prophe-ied that IN all proha-
mii'y Miss Hackney and myself would
'nd ourselves some hne day hailed n
the polio" court for disturbing the public
morals. a. wcr" tho PLAYERS " be- produced
his Mrs Warrcn's Profession
The censor m England Of course con-
demned BrievI 'splays. and there have on "
been two II them given. these produced
for tho stage society. Il seems possible
over there 10 put anything In the light
type % plays u IL only tho serious work
u a serious writer that - eliminated
No one can deny. even a censor. that he-
Tor" anything else Brieu1 Is an ethical
winter. " is az present my greatest am
ti'ion 20 create an audience here f1r his
plays. and hope ~ have a BrieuH week
when ] return next year. a. am under
contract with Mr. Shuhert to d. when I
will give The Incubus and The Three
Daughters and a third play which shall
determine % later
her" - mum her IN choose from
Blanchett". the first play Of his I ever
saw. produced years ago AZ tho small
Alh"rt Hall Theatre in London. The
Phianthropi~t Ia Petite Amia ST.
l"'ts, Falls" Gods whicn Sir Bs.rbohm
Tree gave IN London this year the trau-la
ton made by James Fagiu who wrote
The Earth In each of these a seri-
0ls question IL not merely touched tlpon
but fully and finely presented In The
Phianthroplsr the evils Of organized
charity are shown. m Ia Role Rouge
he exhibits. a. was done hv Mr Klein IN
The Third hrgree the workings Of what
IN France il called the preliminary IN
rtructlon. which corresponds with your
polio" Investigation Both Il these are
masterpieces. a. II LEvasioa. which
deals with the medical profession m a
Tar from tender way. the rrux ~ tho
situation revolving about tho accepted
ideas u hsredity
The p laws ar" splendid satires and in
spite ~ the fact that they might seem.
lnfiferently -peaSing 20 wander far from
the paths ~ entertainment that Is really
where Brieuy cHcels His plays never
iecome mere pamphlets and he never
forgets the human interest theme H,s
T"ople are IN" people you meet In real life.
they are not wholly lovable. they are not
wholly disagreeable rhey are Just pcopl.
that IL all. far different from the hcro-s
and h6ToiH@s 81 the old time DRAMA
where tho I'm" h"twesn good and evil
make puppets pulled nv string he
shows human beings with human frail-
ties. think ! was particularly struck
with this wonderful human reading m
The Cradle. which deals with the ever
Interesting subject ~ divorce. and
'Blanchette. whore tho effect 81 education
and a changed environment on a Young
! peasant girl are portrayed, o girl ont ol
key with the state ~ life 10 which she has
! been called. IN quot" the catechizm
The two Brieux plays selecied for tho
| American stage AZ" my favoriteS and they
arr lighter ~ texture than tho Others.
/ good plays % begin with and form % taste
/ The Incubus IL. I should say. much f,ivrr
subtle than The Three Daughters ~
Monsieur Dupont. perhaps IL was too
subtle ! did not select Mass Hackney for
tho part Of Charlton, that was done by tho
0asting committee 10 London. composed
d aaVaEal eminent men vho never thought
u her until Mr. shaw said. crticising ons
ACTRESS and then another Who had bosn
spoken %. You are al wrong, the only
pnrlon vino can play the nart OF IhrrInlle