The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-24
A FEW OF THE DRAMAS NOW
ABROAD IN THE WORLD

johanna. is queer. Apparently she
has the gift OF remembering incidents
of her life in other ages. for she re-
lates that She was a slave girl from
Lydia and danced on a Greek island.
She is probably the cilmest of all the
characters: nevertheless the new is
unfoldcd in the course of the dialogue
that she drowned herself in a pool be-
cause her lover had heart disease. The
psychology of the play turns wholly
on sex. Ii is made known that Julian.
the artist. had many mistresses. and
that he is the father Of FCIir, supposed
to be the son If the professor. He and
Fclir talk the matter over. they are
both calm; they analyze their rcia-
tionship and all that bears upon 1t
very calmly. and JuidH's cross IS that
FcIiT continues calmly to he more
: drawn to the professor, who is now Il
widower, than he is to his real father.
JohoRnd's ailing lover. whose habits
in love have been much like Jnlidn's,
says: ITO love means to live for the
SAX Of somebody else Both he and
Julian have lived strictly for them
selves. and II is owing to this fact
that both Of them at the last find the
way lonely.
The second play in the Schnitzler
book, "Intermezzo.' has the same sub
iect Il sex and the same patient
psychology. To-day | want to be
your lover" you mustn't. You
can't-no.'' Not your lover then. but
what is both worse ami bctter-the
man who takes you away from another
one, the one will whom you are be-
traying some one else. the one who
means to YOU both bliss and sin at
once" Let me loose, Amadeus y
more beautiful adventure will ever
blossom hS the waysde for either II
of us. Cecilia, as long as we may live"
That is a bit Of dialogue between "A
musical conductor and his lawful wife,
who Is an opera singer. The 1ueerness
if not the delicacy Of the situation will
be discerned.
In the third Schnitzler play, "Coun-
tess Mlzzie.' a u and his unmar-
ried daughter. a prince and his newly
acknowledged SOL "A lady whu Is about
to retire from the theatre and marry
a prosperous stable proprietor are
very c~uriously mixed up. All Of them
are extremely tolerant people. accus-
toned to meet the surprises of life
without agitation. and when they all
come together at the Counts hand
some place OF residence, in what the
play significantly describes as a fam
lily reunion the effect Is at once re-
marliable and amusing. The Counts
daughter particularly will impress the
reader as "A person well qualified to dis
regard the worlds conventions.
From the names Of the characters
we judge that Marion Craig Went
worth's play of WAR Brides" (the
Century Company has It's scene in
Germany. Through the door of a peas
ants cottage We see women working
in the field. They stack grain; they
carry great baskets OF grapes and
loads of wood. No men are so en-
ployod they are all soldiers. for this
is a war ridden country Bugles
blow, drums beat, squads OF soldiers
march quickly by, The Emperor has
expressed the wish that there shall be
many marriages before the soldiers go
Ia the front. Every day, in response
To the imperial desire, there are
pledges TO marry and marriages. The
war brides are Chcered wherever they
go; they are followed Mostly about;
they are the objects of much patriotic
enthusiasm, But Hcduri0, whose hus-
band Is a soldier and who expects soon
10 become a mother, is opposed to III"
war bride idea, She makes speeches
which dissuade many who had in
tended To become war brides. She is
arrested for treason, but shoots her
self as they are about to take her
away, Nine, Nazimova played he'd
lc30 when WAR Brides" was produced
last January, ana this book is illus
tratod from photographs taken at that
production.
'Th" King Of the Jews. n Sacred
Drama written by the Grand Duke
Constantine, translated from the Rus
sian by Victor T., Marsdcn, is pub
lish"d by the Funk and Wagnalls Com
pany. Hero the Sew Testament story
Il odd ~ blank verse with dignity and
simplicity, There are many passages
That are admirable us interpretations
'nu as .narrations,