Judge — March 10, 1923 — page 18: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Theater Guild Picks Up the Russian Gauntlet—By Ralph Barton It takes the courage of a Quixote or the blissful ignor- ance of a certain musical show that boasts in its advertise- ments a “non-Russian cast” to attempt an ambitious pro- duction while New York is being flabbergasted by the tremendous acting and st This it was that prompted the Theater Guild to put on “Peer Gynt,” which it is Mr. Nathan’s job to chronicle. Above: Peer, in Morocco, middle-aged, after having made a fortune in slaves, Bibles and whisky, is being bamboozled by Anitra, the beautiful dancing-girl (Miss Lillebil Thsen—kinfolks, says the press agent). At the right: Peer as an old man peels an onion and finds it symbolical of his own life—all swathings and no kernel. The Troll-King (Mr. Dudley Digges), come terribly down in the world, begs a few ére for a homeless soul, and The Button Molder (Mr. Edward G. Robinson) waits to melt Peer down as a bad job and re-cast him. However, Mr. Joseph Schild- kraut deserves a nosegay if only for having memorized a four-hour portion of Ibsen's magnificent dramatic poem. The iconograph above repre- sents Mr, rildkraut as the young Peer beginning his un- successful reign as/ Emperor of Himself in The Royal Hall of the King of the Dovré. Trolls—best of the Guild's 15 (out of Thsen’s 38) scenes —and pretending, for his own satisfaction, that The Green Clad One (Miss Helen Westley got up like a toreador’s dream —and loving it!) is a comely princess.