The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . , that historyhappens to be interwoven with the fateof the heros old friend. Thanks tothe palliating virtues of love, how-ever, this pioves a temporary obstacleonlj, and with the theft of a pearli^ecklace to expose the perfidy of thel)lackguai-d aspirant to the joung girlsmillions, the dramatic stream begmsto murmur its way out to sea and tohappiness. There are many brightspots in the play, some clever lines,and some excellent character draw-ing, but the dramatic int-erest is farfrom absorbing. An all-En
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . , that historyhappens to be interwoven with the fateof the heros old friend. Thanks tothe palliating virtues of love, how-ever, this pioves a temporary obstacleonlj, and with the theft of a pearli^ecklace to expose the perfidy of thel)lackguai-d aspirant to the joung girlsmillions, the dramatic stream begmsto murmur its way out to sea and tohappiness. There are many brightspots in the play, some clever lines,and some excellent character draw-ing, but the dramatic int-erest is farfrom absorbing. An all-English com-pany supply the proper illusion of at-mosphere, but, except in one or twoinstances, the acting lacks special dis-tinction. Translations of French plays havebeen singularly unfortunate this sea-son, and in The Foolish Yirsfin ^ once more falls a victim tomisguided enterpnse. La VierfreFolle, the play of :\rr. Heni^- Batail-le, provided Paris with a trenuine sen-sation, and it was natural enough tosuppose would awaken some respon-sive thrills in an American BLANCHE BATES AND BRUCE JIlRAE, IN • NOBODYS WrDOW 480 TFIE CANADIAN MAGAZINE Success also seemed, practically as-sured when it was announced thatMrs. Patrick Campbell had been en-gaged for the leading role. The storjdeals with an intrigue between thehusband of ]Madame Armaury and aspirited, headstrong young girl ofeighteen. Special interest lies in theattitude of Madame Armaury towardthe eloping pair wherein is discloseda certain decadent philosophy now invogue among Parisians. At first moveto make common cause with the girlsfamily to avenge their common wrong,she later becomes disgusted with theiregotism and. selfish indifference to heri^wn pnfferin£r and turn<; her ]Tn«;band^ protector, saving him eventually fromthe avenging brothers pistol. Thereare some very effective theatrical sit-uations, and a few moments of realdramatic insight, but both the poetryand the philosophic flavour tha
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