The Theatre: New Plays: Feb. 25, 1924

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It is fortunate that Wells and Ervine in this episodic play abandoned satire, since the seraphic role is played by a woman. Margaret Mower disarms criticism in male attire by her chastely modulated performance, illustrating that Heaven is not concerned with pants vs. petticoats. The play exalts at all times. It is a good spree for idealists who enjoy watching our current human clay turned into mud.

Hannele. Funeral parlors dramatized, with typical obituary poetry thrown in. Gerhardt Hauptmann's morbid work has been revived at special matinees seemingly so that Eva Le Gallienne may have a good time dying. In the almshouse of a mountain village, she moans and moons through dreams of her mother and of a lover. The big moment comes when she dreams herself into a crystal coffin for the sheer pleasure of expiring in it. A dank, doleful play.