Judge — March 29, 1924 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Judge* magazine features theatrical caricatures and reviews of 1920s stage productions. The top section mocks "The Moon-Flower" and other plays with exaggerated character drawings. The main content reviews contemporary theater: Mary Morris and Walter Abel in a burlesque revival of the 1845 comedy "Fashion" at the Provincetown Playhouse, and a "chaste version" of "Antony and Cleopatra" at the Lyceum. The satirical drawings exaggerate performers' facial features in the style typical of theatrical criticism cartoons from this era. The humor appears to derive from the incongruity of reviving old comedies and the earnest staging of classical drama—standard targets of *Judge*'s theatrical satire during the 1920s theatrical renaissance.