m r i'iwr iwirvMSK " z '( 'w;mri- - ""rs .-. wt'-fi, 7'V.v - -fcV"r V ?.. 'til... A 'Mr'il 4V re, '$' WW- t , i ii . i . -v,.tiif'Jj.! Ar, Tt .' ' .j' ! k A EVENING PTIBLIO LTi)DGERPHIIiAt)ELPHIAt SATUKDAX MAY 15, 1920 15 V t1 -7T ltf F4CTS 4A FICTION THE SMV THEATRE VNDER BOLSHEVISM American " Newspaperman Writes on the Stage as Af fected by the Revolution While an Tndlnna newspaper mnibsnf In (he Moscow Art Thcntrr wntclilne the Jnterplav of rmotlonA in n Oorky drama, blood idied-by thy. Terrorists wns ihelne the fnow a few blocks away, lint Itussln. in the grip of the first whiibrr rnt slaughters of bolshcvlsm, kept lier plnyhouses open, nnd the newspaper nsn kept bin eyes open. The result is thlx excellently informed and entluisi nsticnlly vritlen brochure, "The Ttus ' Inn Ventre Under the Involution." Its author, Oliver At. Sayler, selected the most uncomfortable, of all times to rludv the acted Slavic drama. Ills book, therefore, has something of the passion nf nn artistic pilgrimage, as well as hdng a record of esthetic rarities. To iliis double task lie has liroughtif boyish t and a wholly American detestation orlhnfflement. Ho studied' the Moscow rt Theatre, fountalnhcnd of Ttusslnu ilrnmatlc art, from cellar to flics: be pYird and peered into the guarded nrls incrncics of tlie ballet: ho saw "lhe Itlue Bird" done imaginatively, nnd "Salome" done cubistically. Ills bub Ming responsiveness to the Russian theatre's ideals may strike the western mind ns excessive.; but his volume jus tifies itself on the grounds of informa tive richness. Miicji space 'is given the Art Theatre, "tiie world's first theatre." Ono learns Hint no applause, positively none, is permitted; one reads of the great Stan Uhivskv's versatile gifts; nnd. in the lallet's renlm. one Is surprised to henr that America has sampled the true mad nonius of Slavic dance, restricted and formalized in it own land. Chapters (ninmed with Inrercst arc devoted to the Kamemy "theatre of revolt," vhere experimentation is encournged, end the. bcliool of monodrnma the iden (Mention of tho soul of the piece en acted with the spectator's soul--the lat ter not lncking in unconsciously humor ous points for the irreverent Angio ma ion mind. Mr. Baylor's love of the Ilussinn the Hire lends him into occasional paths (f ilehntability. Ho says little of Hus inn mimical representations, nnd if bin Instr Is evidenced by ono startling rcf-ereni-e to the "masterpieces of GHnkn" (whatever they may be), it Is just ns well. His bland assumption that "the, iractlcal nbBcnco of footlights pcrmtts thp actors to dispense with nil exagger ation and nssumo tho Rcmblanco of life" bus n comically cocksure .mlddlo west ern ring to It, Hut, minor Haws aside, tho work remains an authentic nnd colorful monograph. To Americans, who have recently had their interest in Husslan drnmu quickened by Tolstoy's "Itedemption" ("Tho Living Corpse"), with the extraordinary Joint Harry -more, and performances of Gorky's "A , Lodging for tho Night," it should be ns I instantly stimulating, as its illustrations aro varied, novel nnd instructive, '"i&tWJISIAX. THKATJIR UNDRIt Till! ncstoir: I.1UI., Drown tc Co. More E. K. Means , i'''n',,!l ,,lc "'conil series of the I.ou islanit "flarkey" folk stories which met 1. . "'iS1' ""'"ss ns transcribed bv Doctor Means in his first volume. Doc tor Means hns dono for tho levee negro ' what Joel Chnndlw Ilnrris did for the plantation negro. JIo hns the propcrlv, naive nnd ttnsophlstlentedly simple touch ' tof style. Tho familiar favorites of the first volume, reappear in new stories, ntnong them such delightful characters as "Kigger" Hush, "Skceter" Hutts. "Hitch" Diamond nnd Sheriff t'lournoy. Kcmble provides romc of his inimltnhlc drnwings. MOnP. K. K. 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