The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Some Newly Printed pInrs

Tho power of gossip. beginning IN
error. TO work for itself a wretchu
ending in truth, Is the theme of The
Great Gdleoto doubleday. PAGE, hy
JOSH ECHEGARAY, the Spanish professo,
OF mathematics who, taking I'D
dramatic composition as an e,.rc..
continued TO the conquest OF an art IA
which many Of his modern contempt.
raries might profit greatly by open
minded consideration OF his conscen.
tious adherence to classic form Senior
Echegaray always makes his premises
plain and builds upon them with fair
regard for the mechanics of act and
fact; though he does not command tina,
inevitable consequence OF conduct upoa
conditions that separates the uniquely
great in drama from the following
troop. His logic Ia the logic OF the the.
atre, which is not usually the logic 0.
life. But this well known dramatization
of they say" as wrecker OF marital
trust and unsealer of innocent eyes, a
play thirty-three years old and stu
popular In its native land. Ia a welcomi
addition to the supply OF standard mod.
ern drama in popular" form.
A partly satirical self styled "amors..
ity" is Papa Mitchell Kennerley), by
Zoe. AKINs. Miss Atkins has fun with
a shallow old dandy and his two gddy
| daughters, their husbands, 81 NOR Yin.
sapdni. great Italian tenor, and a
very casual baby; the fun of upset
values and reversed perspectives A
princess Is go Unfortunately eX.
elusive; Mrs. Blythe thinks herself
qualified to conduct an orchestra be-
cause, while she doesn't know anything
about music, she has good arms and a
back; Papa ought to be an Ambas-
sador, he mixes such delectable cock.
tails: simple. saucy fun.
Encouraged by the success OF his one
act playlets, GEORGE MIDDLETON has ven.
tured upon "a contemporaneous CON.
edy" In three acts, Notedddys Henry
| Holt. The play turns upon the ex.
perience OF woman who has re.
nounced her art IN favor of an unfash.
ionable domestlcity only to have II do.
| turbed by conflict of Wills between her
reactionary husband and her feminist
daughter. Its problems" are familiar
in innumerable homes, and not Away,
so happily settled.
Social satire Is on the rampage 10
CHARLES RANN KENNEDY's allegory, TN
Idol Breaker tHarper). True wisdom
is paraded under the red flag; conven
ton Is a fool. A strange mixture o
hurlyburly and mysticism, with som'
sly pohes at Letters, the Law and Busi
ness that must contribute to the gayetl
Of prosecutors OF these calllngs with
out sting OF discontinue. Some OF tn
scenes are finely poetic.
| pa,ttifuI dirfi and INN uerv char
acterize RABiNpRANATH T. oTEs Chitrd
a lyric dramatization of low
story from the Mahabharata Mac
millans). Sanctuary. the bird masque
by PERCY MAcKAYE, presented in N
Presidential presence at Meriden, }
H.. last year. with the present Mn
McAdoo in one Of the principal pa!
Is printed by Stokes. with direction
for representation, a full programme Q
the original highly distinguished per
formance: four photographs in colo
one of which shows Miss Eleanor WI
son as Ornis, the bird spirit" and sew
eral others in monotone. A charTnlH
) souvenir OF a happy event. and, 10
the poetic fancy of its matter and u
attractive dress. a little book that wi
wholly please the lyrically inclined.
BY Its own sheer dramatic merit o
well as by virtue Of it's subject LorH
; N. PARKEs's pageant play" Joseph an
Hts Brethren (Lane) will gain man
pleased readers. Tho printing OF LAY
RENEE HousNAN and GRANVILLE BARK
ER's delightful fantasy. Pruneild, D
Lope In Dutch Gdrder, by an Amer
can house (Duffield and Company vii
. be appreciated by those who have no
seen the English edition.