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NE ORR—Beau” the boobs of
~ Broodway m accounted with black
roosters only a.- they see them in
ably will have only a limited run in
on. of Gothsm’s smallest play houses.
Lowil Beach. the other or this
mil-town life than Sinclair Lewis
Ichieved in "Main Street." "Minn
Street" was done in broad strokes and
the cityowise reveled in laughter at
the expense of their country cousim.
Besch's play is subtler. more delicate-
ly drawn. Only those who have lived
the small-town life can appreciate the
The black rooster. for instance. lt
belonged to s lonely splnster. She fed
it to much corn and it died. That was
tragedy to her. The rooster repre-
unted part of her meager
possessions. Also it had been a com-
panion.
Broadway saw no hint of pathos in
that. Broadway - would have seen
pathos in the passing or an actress'
pet monkey.
However. the basic theme of “A
Square Peg" might find its counter-
; ' port in any community. A woman is
miscsst an wlteand mother. She runs
her household on an efficiency basis.
The coldness of her efficiency smoth-
ers domestic felicity. Husband. son
And daughter are her subjects.
Outside her home she is recognized
as a genius in church and social work.
-L may srgbcum- -
ave To Know SmallTown ; Life
- ‘ ' ; . Appreciate“ ' A SWeepers $2.215,
yonltry shops, “A Square Peg" prob- ’
ploy. he. pointed it truer picture of
truth of its situations and characters. .
worldly .
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m, FEBRUARY 11%.
To?
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committed ' soloing) Ratio word is
Men. The ‘- umnon is nuanced
In “A «Square Peg”. the husband is
allowed to go home" tor?!“ night he-
toro he‘ll .- sontcn‘ocd’f’tiir cannula.
mono. He has been (intro: love with
hetero he goes to bed. he sits before
the phonograph to“ mean :0fo play
'_‘.‘Rosmin' in .he-Glohflxlg?” »-
‘ so.
ported on the Beiwyo production of
“Borneo and Juliet." Juno Cowl lg
young enough to be Juliet.
‘ ,' .‘f. ‘ E . .
Benny Leonora to paid a. fair salary
for appearing in' the Winter Garden
Show. The things he ’does on the
stage are the things he would do in
training. It's in easy pick-up tor
Benny. ' '
O O I
Best performances now on View in
New York; John Barrymore in "Ham-
let," Helen Menken in “Seventh Hea-
ven." Glenn Hunter in “Merton of the
Movies," Jeanne Eagles in "Rain,”
Jane Cowl in "Romeo and Juliet.”
James Klrkwood in "The Fool." Mar-
garet Lawrence in "Secrets." ,Haidee
Wright in "Will Shakespeare." ”Min-
nie Milne in "A Square Peg.” Ivan
Moskvln. Olga Knlpper-Tchekhova
and Constantin Stanislavsky with the
Moscow Art Theater.
‘ Sure Relief
roe ibuouiossno
\TA Brows )
by Sadie stir-tin; shy-record on her ‘
' Bum phonografih..-s ' " "
nus wire tor '20 yeah-corners. ‘ He has '
known little romance in“ his lite. Yet _
. There is only one" thtni‘to & re- .
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msn's lite. Today, by, n 0n:-
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The cheer that Beecham'g m
She is regarded as one of the most re-
spectable women 0 the community.
In the end she is undone by her do-
mestic efficiency. The son becomes
invOlved with a loose girl. The
daughter flees the home with a man
GREAVES AS
Iii UNITY.
.Vai .-
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LEONA HOGARTH AS THE DAUGHTER, AND BEVERLY SIT-
THE BIOTHER. IN "A. SQUARE PEG." IN WHICH THE
STAGE HOLDS TIIE MIRROR AT HOME LIFE IN A SMALL COM-
who promises to marry her when he is
divorced. The husband has embez-
zled.
The wife arranges everything for a
new start. but the son enlists in the
navy and the husband shoots himself.
They wanted no new start with her.
0 I 0
A number of shows that
successful runs
varying viewpoi
Main Street. It
with profit, Bu
Square Peg" w
enjoyed
proven dismal failures on tour.
aucers didn't take into account the
converse scheme might be essayed
on Broadway have :ommuntles in the hinterland.
Pro- ‘ o o o
The drnn'toturgic possibilities of the
“‘3 0‘ Broadwsy and phonograph are now being explored
seems to me that the : by playwrights;
rho most dramatic moment in
"Rain" comes in the third set. Eadie
Thompson has vanquished the grim.
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