Judge — February 5, 1921 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE at the Play } Mr in . program for help. They i 1 i His freedom of expression is sorely but not much. It is in the form of allur ved by: the ¢ but not completely satisiving ex- left with which to {i Shakespe ‘ reiace to the play He would be a | { he could call advertise this child of h In China one of b so str j ht and, if he hadn’t the world in t lext, never so apr t responsible e Ch outsiders playgoer putat ced on the Chine break He ti discip| on of ev a play, but find it who thir ill g GuREWD as well J the Bap’ resentation me he public pas N @ season, oF | | fortnight or so. and mi h run out of talk, the latter inconceivable to se 1 the impor 1 one of the unp Heartbreak House’ I é I | here. The imperfectior | i xeelle » the disaster: pective types Mr. Sh are ke m ity of the £ ination of e: Mr. Shaw that whe present agreed tha + not departer one precio! busin no salvation from the humorously ents. He is cont ill be change tood t theatre of spenc ] icans g i the Briti ig. because to sit throu; through many of the lines at a speed plot and any continued mes 20 had expended so much energy ¢ the characters that he ha the Theatre ( nded but left very little the case of Mr. Shaw 1 second time to get its Unlike lusion in the cast of thr . Ibsen and other cryptic writers he doesn't. artists. as) Mesda ese method sesswork of the super- Lucille Watso! ce of pero: ey differentiate admirably. For mer has a w t parts, and here he hy from rent of contrast nt to in author's drawing and s! h per point-out. The masterly qu d the bou No matter how brillia things he ridicules so unendurable that Hushabye are made vivid by } hey begin tot he has been willing to forego the safety Albert Terry and Fred Eric | night. Their t d comfort of living that go with them. Mr. Dudley Digges as the oily ¢ a j nd thei Not even the charm in Ireland tion of British business and polities em H idmiratior the tot ¢ tempted him to q bodies perfectly the author's contemy wards supper, or bed, or the duties and : . for both, and Messrs. Sanford, Travers pleasures of the nest da HE author makes one defence 1 Roeder also reproduce his other The artists presenting “Heartbreak peculiarities of “Heartbreak House. man symbols of British decadence * recognize these facts and, to He calls ita “fantasia” instead of a play. : them, are obliged to rattle This may be to excuse the absence of a ERY hardened Shavians may be able h “Heartbreak House’ ich makes them absolutely void of in other respects it is very like a play. without mental or physical fatigue meaning to the audie This might at having a cast of more or less related Others will enjoy the author's wit and first glance seem to foil the author’s characters and being divided into acts f y take it in instalments intention of getting every bit of his to indicate passage of time. In the pre partly in print. And in the latter inspired wisdom to the world. Not so. face referred to the author speaks of it form they will be able to weigh his logic Fa to understand at all what the, asa play which may indicate that he had and sound his depth. Metcalfe. y. but that he fot devise a plot yring ar to those k to be desired. ¢ such brillia ames Effie Shanno: lizabeth Ri: wle réles gu. ance on tha 1 and contrast their i providing t habit. The s strongly s aliti ing inveracity o: comicbooks.com