New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
The !['heaters
By Percy Hammond

PRINCIPAL purpose Guild one of the Board
u Managers be bright pattern commercial
producers of plays While selfshy aiming provide
of
extending indirectly helpful influence to the dramas less thoughtful
Patrons Example being
m lesson stage teaching
the finer and better things are not ncal to PROSPERITY It's
chief value in
own enterprises but upon
Brady Mr. Kauer or Mr. CONAN A. Gives 81 roat mon m rsmind us
we can make our lives sublime profitable among
the masterpieces impending inspirations
direct the denes Of the Drama Bv the Child Mr.
woods IS instructed that he make much of
ike Lm as he can of Ihe DemVrgn, and with considerably
less embarrassment public the Guilds
date constituency is, therefore, benefited
It's benign function thus operate shabby
art may correct its the coming
no DOUBT may be attributed to the Guild Sam H. Harris
assured me the other manager
VINO "uo not prefer to present the wo things worthy than
s "aVlng no aesthetic assets They all fond of profits
@ for thelr material symbol
e more 1u MT Harris thinks for manager money
from cheaper exhibition owning patran qualities Most producers
are Va not proud and the
rIo - @ 'neIe is paying public for distinguished
pays many distinguished plays will be producen case of course they
w oufnalst IN What the Public Wants" they public
% o suspect IT. and they believe nothing that it
not care for They also like editor have bankerpg for association
with and the admiration of the "intelecuals'
manager tells that the Guilds benevolent
es has dsouragng other aspants to we]onp Witness
ing the Garric Tha performance of "mbush he was much i'm
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criticism OF life This, reflected the kind of pav shuld like to
and ne set about find drama dealing
ana ntengeny with important phase"
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% the failure of Ambush" frightened abandoning
1n uccess of AmoHsh he contends nterferes
production Of similar works which, thinks
gwen the chance that the them of
} a,n Ambush inspired imitation example served
0eef heard better
eo 10 investment in the less enterprises of the
ney are as numerous and Harlequns thirty
80 4eSS0hs 1or the nonappearance of his master.
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mas little OF the prestige he novelist and his contrlbu
of the stage have been perpexng phenomena IN
his lnepltude playwright is the inexpicabe
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ionate her himself 1t be that the Guild being educatlve
10 the hater desires indicate that Mr. Bennett
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