Abstract

Drama

This article presents information on several plays. A genuine achievement in its own genre is Maurice Maeterlinck's one-act comedy, "The Miracle of Saint Anthony," translated by Alexander T. de Mattos. It is that rare thing in modern times, a robust satire endowed with spiritual grace, of which people seem to have lost the secret. The author, not usually remarkable for his humor--though one cannot forget the naive touches that make "The Blue Bird" a delight--here offers a satire, as broad as it is mellow, of the contrasting attitudes of rich and poor towards spiritual things. Another play "Artists' Families," by Eugéne Brieux, is called in the English version, and is a welcome addition to the Drama League Series of Plays. Though characters, plot, and action are here not sacrificed to a thesis, Brieux still points his moral and directs the shafts of his satire at the pseudo-literary and artistic circles that flourish eternally in great cities.