New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Young BoSweH
MterOieWS
Brock Pemberton

BECAUSE he h orc Of tAe younger.
producers.
hs put on "Sir Characters IN Search
Of an author"
&c IL on ihe c0mmGfrc Of ikc iniernd-
tioHai ,zhibiiior Of f,age cTaN,
Lc 70 bringing Lord DnHfanVs "If'
70 America.
Young BosrsR fau BROCK PEN.
BERTON between fho ae's a, tas
Prnesss Thsaisr aud accofisd hin. TheV
lighted cigarCf'CG. wh ca made Young
Botirsll impatient. because Ne uan,ed %
Gst where "a producer uHcarthsd thf
Luigi PiTeEdsllo play.
BROCK PEMBERroN-I was IN
London last winter. Ore afternoon
was asked % 20 % one Of the perform
ances Of 'ha London Sage Society, an
orraniz1t'on which gives snecial per-
formanees - plays that aren't apt 20
have n hearing IN London. otherwise.
Search Of an Author" | said ! couldn't
70, because had an hppoin mont wi D
the curator OF the Vic oria and Albert
Museum 20 see sbou' bringing over On
exhibition Of stage design.
Yourg Boswcl-ThAt exhibition was
in Ams'erdam last February, bu. I
didn't have chance 20 80. ! couldn't
get away from Brussels In time. What
was Il like?
BROCK PEMBERToN-There we're
stage sets from most OF the civilized
countries. Gordon Craig, Of course, and
Appia. lie anteda'es the leaders Of the
-. H..
masses, using skies and piles Of steps
and that sort of thing. America was
represented By Robert Edmond Jones,
Norman Boi-Gedecs, Sam Hume, Lee
simonson and Joseph Urban. I've
turned over my part Of /. 20 "The Thea
'er Ars Magazine" They're going 10
bring it 10 New York, I believe.
4 call Of "CuytainF" interrupted tho
c0Hrersa,iou, ichieh ieas resumrd after
The second act, iH wh'eh tho eiT char
actcrs arc pat through their parts bU
me bsic.ldsred director.
Young Bosvell-But, you didn't finish
about seeing The performance az the
London Stage Society.
BROCK PEMBERToN-Wsll. said
I'd 20 for a few minu'es. Bernard Shaw
was here, sat IN the same row. lie
roared az tho cracks az authors; par
'icuiarly az the thrusts NJ playwrigh's.
talked with him be'ween acts and he
vas 20 enthusiastic and 50 WAS !. that
called up and postponed my appoint
ineut with the curator. They call Luigi
p.rcndello the Shaw Of Italy. you know.
began pursuing The American righ'a
Immediately. and f0un. hey were held
by S orer, one Of the editors Of "1he
Broom" lie Is an LnglishmAn and lives
in Rome. 50 | had devil OF tine get
ting him. ! came home and wrote az
article about the play. Belasco went
af'er II end the Theater Guild repre-
sentative in London tried 10 get H..
Romifnrjevsky, who Is now directing
the Guild. put Il on In LONDON. Well, /
got hold OF the rights, and here u Is.
Young Boswell--Iow did Enter
Madame 20 Ia London?
BROCK PEMBERTON-No; so well.
TIE war has changed The hea'ergoers'
taste. The money is IN difcrcn. hands,
nov. They want mostly mslodramG and
! American mystery plays. Tho audience
vans 20 50 away saying. Wash IL
thrilling.n or Wasn't 10 amlzing." now
ad,ys. They aren't con ent with
"Wasnt {. niee,' rs they used 10 be.
I And then they s'ill Ike their native
plays with English sen iment Ike
! Equality S rect and Dunsany's II
went extremely we'll.
Young Boswell (taring poHdsred otter
/ &c 10 uky ~ wen, 20 ne hfdter)-What
accounts for the success Of play, do
you suppose, l. Il the critics?
BROCK PEMBERTON-I don't think
o. The critics have their following
I bu, n e. roally ho audience, going away
( from the thcater and telling their friends
about T.. which makes 2 play 60. |
should say about 30 per cent would have
20 come away liking IL, 70 really boom =
play. Audiences are wha; interest the
producers, though, OF course, they aro
hot loa L 10 see good press notices.
/ He laughed and sngeesisd fhGt y
I Young Bos'rtu iedHted 10 sec The rest Of
I tie Play he'd better hHrrY. becduss the
fkini dri wGs dlmoit orer, and Il Young
/ Rosi-eu ,corli drop around 70 see HIM
H. rould tell him about "U."