At Mrs. Beam's. Manhattan beheld the unusual conflict of two plays by the same author opening on the same night last week. The playwright is C. K. Munro,* of England, and his second comedy was Beau-Strings, discussed below. At Mrs. Beam's was done by the Theatre Guild in their best manner, evoked delight from the critics and from those who pay to be amused.
It is a boardinghouse play with the usual wild collection of types that inhabit such a hostelry. Into its midst comes a tawdry and mysterious pair (male...