The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-04
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agp~af with the imprint u th- Br-n'rn"-
ff prsfare has hs~n p'iibll-ls'i separately.
nat noe fur the psiblir The TITLES trans
lasr,i intb Enslsh. are Maternity ne
Thrv-. Daughters q u Dupont pre-
s-ntsd here Liss s-aaBn bv iasuren~~ trv.
ING ant damaged tsoosi- a ainEularlv
inadeltiat. translation Zoe .t.a Avtries
The pr-ftr-- - Mr. Shaw are. ned 80
SAY. his master uorks. IN comparison his
plays are haltins revelations ~ ths cork
SOIL n q rs Wh~n the play. appeared
years aEn thos~ laD-llrd -uHpleassnt-
~er~ -,ngls,l on, Tor admiration. the plays
-pl~a@an,' sIIsTsd by comparison But
all tho Shaw plays are pl~asNht TN tho
Contin-nt h. has been Hated - safe. : as
a playwright % whose productions a girl
may ,nvrt. h-r krandmother The witty
freshman tNho tries ~ hard Co he con-
s-rvativs tar paying London cockneyl
has confessed that already the Younger
generation has knocked AZ he door he
confe~-N- he ~ outmoded Probably that
- the reason why he - attracted Ia
| tho plays Of the Frenchman. whose work
a. a whole L. higher more GLORIOUS than
that % any ~ hts contemporaries
This preface % shaw = ~ terribly sevious.
. lNll an NNfnalANAAi fNlN W
ing thu gloom since lbsen. Brieux ~ the
most important ~ He - not He ~
clever. facils. n voluble journalist turning
the i.leas of the minute into rough and
ready mclodramaS. an opportunjst IN
tn. theItre To compare him With such
a dramatic psychologist a. Francois 10
Curel would be an absurtity for anybody
but MIR Shaw. but IA he declares that II IL
EnglIahmen ~ho discover tn the Preach
their great men why not any lrishmen.
Mr. shawl Ne might ~ well swallow the
statement ~ - Brisux's superiority over
all French dramatists since Noliare. To
he sure. no has written Les Hannstons-
shown here by Mr. Irving al The Aim
ity.- silly title and the early 'Blanchette-
and -Msnages d'ArtIstes The Red
Robe 10 good melodrama, and The Three
Daughters Of VI Dupont which AZ Mr.
shan happily remarks - My Smith.
revealed many admirable strokes Of
Characterization. but think Of DE Curel's
Les FossiIe-.- or 81 -LEnvers dune
Sainte- one % the best PLAYS thar the
psychological school has vet produced
As such conservative critic a. Augus'in
fIlou was moved TO write And Henri
BeCuua Mr. shaw. whose snoe-trings ~
a dramaar composer BrieuN has vainly
.ndsaVored g lnlatch what - Be"qus'
They all pattern after the creltpr Of the
cou.dis rosse tha thinker Who practically
asserted and ALWAYS m terms ~ III"
tlr.I'r.r. not ~ the political musings nr
o. the srclllistIc pinphlste.r. that fate
and SOcis'y are the sol" causes ~ the sln-
" Iudis iduil- Here a an attempt -
draruat.zs tn. deiern.u an IT Tame
BrieuN has fo'io~ ed at long dlstln""
ia. orr ginrl themes ~ Be~qre
Bat 49, - not EscaIa n" mas GIT
Tor putUnI "n sc'ne "a" h"1tInC td''a~
uf the dr. he has drimail1ei Art
genius social life. dis"a-". -"liglpn and
politics n" - a wise thinker with :
hot heId~i style More emotional lh7n
shaw. n. - also NOR" thcatricllly d"tt.
4 sarevt playmak"r b" fails whom his
themes arc not dramatically yIinl". In
Maternity and The Thr"" plugh'"r.
his thesis - married ~" with pT without
children Enforced -t-rility and the
rni-asv " the unwc! come. child ave d'--
c'ts-.sI with commemorative fraukU"--
In Damaged Goods the theme - YER"
unp!"gkl handled IN a master. It oTld
IVA ~ bat not - Bri"ny has seen f. 90
sary., ~ IN In Ibzan'a -Gho-i-- the ain
is.ar .sil - hiu'cd NJ. hut lb-"n icing =
great poet a. we'll profound P-yChuln-
sis, gave h.. world great moving irlml
Rrieuy ms not. His IL morn 81 pam
phlet. and the vulgarity Il the last ~'cn"
- d.ptas-lng Mr Shaw simply r''y"Is
IN ihi- style NJ loing things 50 li'il" ~
the artI-' is IN his makeup with NOR" ~
IN. INT pleran' Puritan than poop" SIS
paCt he - primarily CONCERNED With IA"
? idea propaganda IN 4 play II this idea
II unfit for the theatre IN a dramatic way
, all the worse for the theatre Ihsrac'"rI-
yltion. form heautv can 20 by the hoard
II ALWAYS does with shaw and often Wit
B-isuN
/ Mr. shaw thinks hat bsCaus" ~" ideas
D of l3ri-iE are not always palatIhl' t"v"n
PARIS would not hav. -Ier Nvarl'~-D they
must b. somehow good II Is the note
/ ~ revolt that counts with Shaw We he
l-y- 'n-i play must be PLAYABLE. then
the ideas will get all the quicker across
! the footights His gibS At art'for arts
sake "a being tho formula ~ the we'll
mad. play - not worthy % reply. nor
~ h.- calling the ParIsians stupid quite
pobt. Whnt might tn. Par.sians not --y
OF m. Ioudonars' HIS crack at the
7
always insisted chat shaw was first of all a
man 81 profound common sense H.. - not
the iconoclast he seems IN be. and his
championship 81 BrisuN, like his chain
pIonship ~ li.ssn and u 1ol-toy Tho
Tnls,oy he u remembered. Of The kreu'-
yer sonata 70 logically convincing II
~ a pity that at PLAYS - lem a r6l" N
/ the "a ork ~ Shav H.. - purely cerebral.
A being without the vtscera of liberation
! Of a chilly temiiRrtDent. h" - neverthe-
! lesa a humu,-t We r-alze ths when
~e read On plR" ~ 81 hl- preface that
-Brieux ~ not. a. the ordinary mao mostly
10. a mere react ioniz' against th" latest
oversigh'z and mistlkcs. becoming an
atheist AZ every nav discovered IA 'heol-
ogy. anil re-uiing INTO ~" grC S-s-st super
atition Ehen -ofue jesuit VINO happens Nv
exception 60 I've a cleve- and subtle man
,about the last thing by the wav. that =
real live jesuit ever ~, shows HIM thu,
popular atheism - only theology vIth"r'
mind OF purpose III" brilliant h's'"rir'
knowledge Of Mr. Shaw - seen n 'Hn
references 10 the Jr-uits surety contain
a captivating touch Of humnr