Abstract

Drama

rutch, Joseph Wood | January 23, 1929 issue

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This article literally appraises the drama "Caprice," performed by the Guild Theater. The real interest of the piece lies in the effort to guess just which of the two or three possible morals the author is going to choose. Sentiment proclaims, of course, that there is only one decent or satisfactory conclusion. To suggest otherwise would be, adds sentiment, to indulge the most disgusting cynicism and to leave in the mouths of the audience a most unpleasant taste.

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CAPRICE (Theatrical production); SENTIMENTALISM in literature; THEATER; CYNICISM in literature; SKEPTICISM; CULTURAL industries
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