The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

crcss uttering In one breath the Coars-
'-st blaspheinies and with the next such
blank verse remarks az There's dam
nable divinity in gold" II l. almost
too horrible, from the cruel haZing of
tn" epr!g Of royalty to the cooking Of
mis- pet canary for supper. long s',p
down from the very pretty lNrys that
nav" come from the same pcr. IN
And So They Were Married" ,S,r o..
nors) Jesse Lynch Williams is a quav.
fled spokesman for the comedy" Of
the new" woman. Eahindrar,th
Tagore, Nobel prize winner, s a per
feet indian IN The King OF the Dark
Chamber ,Macmilldnsl
rapidly increasing number Of
European plays is available ia Eng
lsh. plays 10y Leon.d rIrcy,1'
'Scrihners1. translated hy e l.. Nrl-
der and =. y. Scott. contains TWO ale
gorics or symbolic dramas" The
Black Maskers' and "Thc Life OF
Man. acd brisk little comedy. "Th,
Sabine Women which does NOT mo-. a
acquaintance wish the ground of IFS
Russian political satire tu make II
highly amusing. as farce 10 reader.
e
THE Green COCkatoO" "a q Mcclure,
and Company. Chicago are bound
The Mate" and "Paracelsus" and Iu
another volume his Playing with
Love" C"Liehcle!'D is between tho same
covers with Hugo Won Hofmanns'h halls
Prologue to Anatol" The translators
are Horace r. Samuel =. Morton
Shand and Trevor Blakcmore, who
renders the Prologue" into verse
Schnit2ler cools lifc's ftful fever with
irony.
The Three Modern Plays from tho
French" published by Henry Holt and
Company are The Prince d'Aurcc.'
Ivy Hcnri LaVodan, and Jules Lcmai-
tres The Pardon" both translated by
Barrett II Clark. and Maurice Don
nays The Other Danger ovprsct
into English by Charlotte TCnncy
David. They are all entirely French
that Is To say, clever without vulgarity
serious enough. but not heavy, read
able without effort because thor art
though studied. 10 not worn on tho sur
face. The NTH volume Of "The Ora
matte Works Of Gerhart Ilauptmann"
(B. w Huehsch) contains "Schluck
and Jau" and "Charlemagne's Host
age" both translated by the editor Of
the series, Ludwig Levi sohn, with
And Pippa Dances" rendered into
English nv Sarah Tracy Rarrows
This is llauptmann the symhoist.
happier in express on than in theme.
The latest volumes in the cNCcllcntly
selected Drama League Series Of Plays
q II l.. D.
Wfe,' by \. T.. Thomas, n DELIGHTFULLY."-
whimsical farce without a dun line In
II; Change" by j. - Francis. a Welsh
drama Of the war between Yesterdays
mon and to-day's. sound and strong
without strain, n play that marches to
music NJ To arouse the most com
placent mind To new sense of lifc's
meaning, Guimera's Marta Of thu
Lowlands," translated from tho orig
inal Catalan into Spanish ny Jose
Echegaray and into English by Wal
lace Fitzpatrick, tragic with betrayal
and vengeance and an achievement in
artistic economy OF means, the peas
ants rebellion against the cruelty of
"A lustful aristoCrat, aud Slrdou'S
"Patrie!' translated by Barrett ".
Clark, drama not bristing with
idea not sOmhre like the Scandi-
navians nor gutter sroVellng like
some Teuton compositions, with hurry
soldier scenes in Flanders amoroulS in
trigue, a fun stage with rush of "ac-
ton" revolving about the conflicting
loves Of country, wife and false friend
who atoncs for his falScness in the
good old fashion of tragedy with a
murder and suicide; a work not for
the select few, but for the story low
ing crowd.