New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
PLAYS q PLAYERS
Lord Dunsany's Fantastic Play-Other
Items Not So Lofty i'm Subject.
BY HECTOR TURNBULL.

BY TURNBUL-
Lord Dunsany strange interesting fantasy 1.-THE Gilt
ng given its last performance tonight at the NghOor
Playhouse Henry To those familiar with the authors
peculiar imaginative style who have this one act play i
this opportunity not to be lightly
gains its impress from the a
settings stimulating effect of its naive characters ana e
straightforward utterly attempting the entry
Heaven The fact remains however that the
upon imagination of the audience vivid and almost
able Just what the author is trying 70 say ahoUe ~ %
70 our mind appeal each individual in different guse win
his exposition ney crooks struggling to enter Paradise aa
finding, when at last the gate is forced uat 'nere Is "s
but hopeless infinite space perhaps attempting more than
he accompheda remarkable mental and moral stmuant At any
we'll worth seeing and one cannot 1ah 10 commend w @
the artists executed the and the two players
he Neighborhood who do such capable work
~ cberp is to be congratulated upon having made such
crsabe attempt to perform impossible task of reproducing upon
tho ~ evils rro characters plus atmosphere, humor and all
that makes them Iovae book Her dramatzatn written with
tact restraint feeling for the ndescrbabe qualities
t % The characters classics of humor buresque. What
miss in the present production that atmosphere impossible
70 lift from the and what object to in the
+ rrcon is certain inevitable vulgazing
which Is the between the stage char
acters and the figures magmng Miss Gerstenberg how
CO. d fool NJ nartuarv heavy depression at having the
complete success Alice There books we are told
that will defy drama till the end time What may be required
perhaps inspired with that happy art Of buesqe
deplored by critics of the drama as oeng utterly @ "
days of Gilbert and Sullivan
Is it the gloom always pedes Easter Week that Is causing
all the depression theatrical circles just nowY We wonder come
en Of vehed business West and Immediately those inter-
the exposition II the reports come IN
any quarter either the movies or the war Altogether now
ever It is long Broadway that meets the eye these days
p once very upstag salary under three figures are glad
70 move the decimal left and the landlord with the bal
ee The lob thing professional pride takes the necessary
possible Road companies are coming IN on
every train matter for the player 10 ma
na either in the stock take ner
- tho films The manager Finding and keep
ing what public chnds play at the best OF u ana
avs the task appears become Increasingly dcul 10 add
the general Gloom enterprsng theatrical managers who began pre-
n qht reve gardens at admission (and er) rates
find themselves time they enter BROAD
1a restaurant for fad, of course but one
Iv to be costly before it has spent itself
Something new and strange crep into the atmosphere " the
Winter Garden this week the news that reach US
from that vast region building called "back stage was exciting
IN tone and constantly atmosphere of birds bottles @
necklaces tall hats all the other bubbles that go TO make
the froh chorus girls all is changed We no longer open
the paper Hill has finished winner Of the latest
last black pearl OF Da
oDd ms expansive No do view with behng
alarm the item that informs girl tumble off the runway
an effort to greet the audience They seem to nave
suddenly forsorn all the world and with fell
op for good strict observance Of the conventions Last
week after the staggering announcement that
grenroom" equipped for the accommodation OF the G
ohers and chapons obvious hint that the path leading from
che stare door to the nearest would with disappointment
and chagr that girl in Maid IN America mas
oqed herself to turn all the gifts received from
5 and the whole will be relief fund for the Begans
That this Is fine display spirit there be doubt but
one must permitted rather startled at the abrupt change es
nav when provided with list Of gifts the girls received
during the first week been fearful occasion when the lot
was bundled Belgium We wish could print 1t in detail Tor IS
like sermon young about to begin life in big city There
% one v to account phenomenon and that that the
core publicity Caudus Greneer is in secret comnunica
ton Billy Sunday We hope 1t lasts