Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-12
ROBERT EDESON In
! APROPAGANDA PLAY
Glove Forbidden" Well Re-
ceived at the Broad, Has
Tubercular Theme
PIECE OF FRENCH ORIGIN

,ovr FoRBIDDEN--Droma in three acts
L9sL L9,s,dm The french Of jacques Renaud. Man;
agcment Joseph and !. n. Weber. Stnged
~ Tsrland Gaden. Broad street Theatre
-. ~, Zoe n specialist. go. Robert Edeson
Doctor bis son. n............R .Rexford burnett
rransJi rr sJicceuley, a gardener. Nm; u. ,Evnrts
ppianhard pah Wicks. n canitalist. waiter Na,kor
Alice, his daughter. ''''''''' ica iua I,nitcr
susan S,,san his houselSccper. .;....; 'Ahce b"Nor
Mary King. Dr. Lees ASSISTANT ,,oro, r,t,
r,1eur Harry Harrison
ttnPIqbysician. ............ james Mhs,1wS n,,S
The Tsct PGioy Gio%yconsaiilng room Of DR.. Lee. Eve.
nIs, nIs, IA room in Mr.. wlcks's residence
Nsass EXT 'iHifInmrcscnsultns room of Or. Lee. One
ysTarrrI,seoTho ysTarr Is.eFTho present. rlace--New York
city.
Tho "racy" title Of this Offering is no
,.s.x IN the seriousness OF the dra-
,,,s,s intent Love Forbidden is
..,roeanda play pure and simpfe--with
,ho accent on both adjectires. Tubercu'
,,,,s i,s dangers, its treatment ana the
.csct of the disease on social relations
.,,s,i,nte the theme. The special plead
Inc "a unmarried by sensationalism ana
q ,sss unpleasant than might have been
.vrscted by reason OF numerous cpl
sodss Of rather conventional comedy and
BY happy ending.
crowded house seemed yesterday
,rsrnoon to derive emphatic pleasure
,ro,, the exhibit. whether its appeal VIII
.,auro is of course largely dependent
on the practical possibility OF turning
,h.otre into n lecture hall Brieux ac-
,or,n,ished that feat with Damaged
Goods" but the novelty OF pronunciation
on the stage Of words hitherto eschewed
IN polltc society may have been nartiy
responsiblc for his success. The pubhc
,,res 10 be startled. That craving, how.
ever. is hardly gratlfied in Love For
hidden" which presents some entireiy
familiar facts about tuberculosis, ana
especially In the first act, quantity OF
condensed statistics.
Tho slender dramatic elements con,
cern chiefly the affairs OF an lhVauu
couple who have been clandestineiy
married. The recovery under Judlcious
treatment Of these young lovers iur,
nishes the auspicious final curtain
The darker side Of the picture IL drawn
in a subsidiary story depicting the et-
fects of insanitary tenements on the
poor. An inevitable figure is the grasp.
ing landlord. Shaw took his iiihs d,
that Individual In "Widowers' Houses
and w. l.. Hurlbut performed the same
selfconstituted mission more crudely in
''The Writing on the Wall"
Robert Edeson enacts the role or the
wise and benevolent physician. VINO Is
the mouthpece for most of NJ. Rcnauds
ncontestable opinions. The part is an
easy one for any fairly competent
player Hbernian comic relief of an
Old and obvious pattern is supplied by
William II. Evarts and Walter Walker
Is a Thoroughly standardized capitalist.
The actual running time of the piece.
disregarding the waits" is scarcely
more than an hour and a half. Public
Judgment on the proper function of the
theatre, as TO whether it primarily
should be art production or a discussion
Of a burning question OF the day." will
| determine whether or not these ninety
minutes are wasted. II. Il. &.