Abstract

Drama

About the middle of the season theatrical production usually pauses for a week or more and thus affords to the chronicler an opportunity for retrospect. This year, however, the number of failures was so unusually high that managers who had playhouses on their hands were not disposed to relax, even for a week, in their efforts to keep them open, and the usual opportunity did not present itself. At least six pieces indubitably worth making the effort to see have been produced since September, but they are too varied in manner and intention to suggest a development in any particular direction. On the other hand, the admirable fantastic comedy called "The Commodore Marries" was a prompt failure, and it is difficult to find any unity in a group of worthy successes which includes pieces so diverse as "Meteor," "Berkeley Square," "Rope's End," and "The Criminal Code."