The New York herald., 1922-05-07
N PICTURES ACTORS EQUITY IN ANNUAL SHOW
Subsidized Paris
OdeOn Returns
to Popular Plays
Continued from Page Eight.

after Manuel and Carre In the hope OF
getting a new form OF sentimental in
spiration for next winter.
AS usual. the Palais Royal Is drawing
big crowds with new piece In which
Pierre Weber has collaborated. lie Sc
conde Mutt de Noces''-described as a
three act vaudeville. although the term
Is seldom used on this side of the At
lantic. This Is typically French tum-
BILE OF all sorts OF moral. semi-moral and
immoral situations, but 1t serves to
arouse the critics from the heavy leth-
argy which would be their portion were
all Partisan theaters to keep pace with
Gemier or the Russians.
ola Belle Angevine."
The more ordinary stage goes very
comfortably along its accustomed way,
remaining in most cases perfectly true
to type. Take, for instance, the new
comedy. La Belle Angevine," re-
Gently staged at the Theater des
Varieties. If you know Paris at all
you know that the Varieties type of play
stands by itself, on especially solid feet,
so far as allen patronage Is concerned
You can always be sure to find elegant
staging, that Is to say, and pretty frocks
and amusing characters and humorous
situations, sometimes on the risque side
bien entendu and Partisan wit and
touch Of sentimentality La Belle An
gevine." which Is the work of NJ Maur-
dee Donnay of the Academic Francaise,
in collaboration with NJ Andre Rivoire,
Is just that 1t details how an elderly
baron-there Is usually an elderly baron
in this description of PLAYS giving
housewarming in the new establishment
he has Just started for a young and
a a a a H.
agine the rest for himself, adding the
conviction that 1t will have long run
and that Anglo-Saxondom will be prom
inently represented in the audience.
Equally certain OF popularity is ia
Bcuche," the musical comedy pro-
duced by Mile. Jane Renouardt,. the act
ress-proprietor of the Theater Daunou
Let it be said at once that there Is
nothing whatever 'to" it, except a num-
Der of catchy tunes. Or. If you are
topical in your tastes and realize that
the housing shortage in Paris is at least
as bad as was ever the case in Gotham.
there is "Cheri de sa Concierge" at the
Theater Dejazet, which Is the sheerest
nonsense. but none the less likely to at
tract the inquiring student OF Partisan
life from the outside.
Enter the Psychoanalyst.
or more real Importance, from the
point OF view of the superior visitor.
was certainly lie Mangeur de Reeves"
played at the Comedie des Champs
Elysees. though only for short
run, unfortunately 1t is the work OF
Monsieur II. r. Lenormand. who has
been described as one Of the few con-
temporary French dramatists OF the
younger school who are treating the
drama as though 1t were something dra-
NJ tnn nr
bedroom" farce. 1t has powerful plot,
based on a scheme that has seized the
imagination of American as well as Eu-
rope, the subconscious in sex, and IS
acted with quite remarkable power by
Georges Pltoeff and his company.
Pitoeff's acting and stage designing OF
Hamlet and Macbeth have won special
notice In America and In the setting OF
'Le Mangeur de Reeves" he has carried
the intellectualization of symbolic set
ting almost to it's logical conclusion. Let
| It be added that the 'mangeur" Is a
| psychoanalyst and you will realize that
NJ Lenormand Is nothing IL not up to
date.
In the musical world two events have
recently stood forth as underlining the
| new European acceptance of American
| creative art as worthy OF serious con-
sideration. The first was, Of course, the
presentation Of Mr.. Blair Fairchild's bal
| let-Doo&Gnine at the Opera ComiQue In
| December. the first production OF an
American composition in State sub
| sdized theater. The second was the ap-
pearance of Mr.. Albert Spalding, the
American violinist. as soloist with the
orchestra of the Societe des Concerts in
the hall Of the Vieux Conservatoire
on Sunday. April 2, the first time an
American musician has appeared in one
of the regular concerts of this most fam
Gus of French orchestras. Mr.. Spald-
| ing played Lalo's Spanish Symphony"
with the astonishing effortlessness which
! Is his most outstanding characteristic,
and, using his famous Guarnerius del
Jesu, his tone was of faultless clarity
| and of greatest richness.