Evening star., 1950-10-15
Critic Pens a Comedy
ToCriticize Life
WoIcott Gibbs Season in the Sun
Is Witty Retort to Society
By Jay Cormody
tDramo Editor Of The Ster.)
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK
Drama Critic wolcott Gibbs whose Season the
comedy delight Broadway Of ordinary
Gibbs is man out to collect his society,"
royalties but in the satisfaction of making vndctve
citizens nevertheless Gibbs ndigna
enjoying nightly Theater in the
spirit of those who have found leader in lost but wonderful
cause.
ato Long Island Sound which New Workers retreat
for the wan pleasure of retreating nothing more The
in Gibbs play are his negbors He has had the
mind that take of them Naturally this
best that Drama
theater than to write about it.
He Manages to Turn
CIiches Into Sotire
The writing in Season the the kind that has made
Gibbs
goes publications editorial
Whatever ulcers this dual brought Gibbs also has served
His play by correcs the flaws in dramaturgy of
which Gibbs fellow critics complaining for
that they made painful than
the custom The fact is that when Gibbs cannot avoid the cches
of dramatic writing he twist Of them into the
shape of satire.
helped respect-and a
inustceby cast with which he could find fault
Kelly Eddie
hony Ross allowed set foot Fire Islands beached
again. They speak Gibbs mind
uproriouy and in this unamung universe could
ask
Actors and Director
Bear No Old Grudees
1t talk the town that the cooperative spirit Gibbs
actors Medh shows that these bear
grudges toward even the most merciless critics.
There nothing about the tale the author spins
in Season in the Sum- is taken indirectly from his collected
pieces Fire Island life Its central figure is the author who
suddenly decides shallow sophscaton for him. He
will quit magazine job
novel step high purpose rdding himself of
his taste alcohol the deented human clutter
seaside he thinks convert into ivory
and his old companions out to be doughtier
than the reformed bargains for In the end they
only prove that he is hum&n-and that Gibbs
honest enough playwright to his well
his fellow mans
gay sparkle of the to be
found portraits its author has drawn.
absolute masterpiece these is the bore played by
all the insuerable anyone
the funniest creature to be the stage in
All Concerned With Play
Inspired to Best Work
worth the price of seat to the Cort
theater of Gibbs that the others do not suffer
There fine portrait too Of the
wife, others of such merit neuroic
alcoholic croneke Fire Island land
of chain of bordelos, and couple OF
dainty There also blond OF the type that is avail
successful tycoons, which,
to be handiest Nor the authors children
ignored. ~.-....-.
Gibbs draws special perspective that has.
Charles Addams the New Workers.
caricatur does his drawings The spectacle OF
coming alive Season in the Sum- delightful
should make Gibbs the rich such writer's deserve
Everyone associated play been inspired by
contribution to it OF the best
did Whorf and Miss Kelly Anthony Ross
editor Mayeho the bore through the slightest role,
everything played with just the right and
shading
Boris Aonsons setting equally inspired creation shack
makes the perfect rendezvous for the pess
of trying to get from 1t ALL