SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1921

THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE

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Sources For Drama Study,
(By W. 1. Randall, Grad) entirely to the drama from the lay- Lewis Lewisohn; in the "Dial" by
The University Library, in addi- man's point of view. It is probably George Santayana; and in the "Book-
tion to furnishing the material for too well known to require more than man" by Kenneth Andrews.
more or less scholastic reading, also a passing mention here. There is an- The "Drama" is a magazine devoted
provides a means of keeping up with, other magazine, which does for the primarily to amateur dramatics. It
items of current interest, There is Art Theater what the "Theater" does is the official organ of the "Drama
probably nothing now-a-days in whicl for the professional stage, I refer to League of America."
there is more popular interest than Sheldon Cheney's quarterly "The The drama of foreign lands might
in the various phases of the drama; Theater Art." This magazine also be of interest to some on the campus.
many sources for information on this publishes short plays in toto. For France, the Library offers "La
subject are to be found in the general There has latterly sprung up among Petite Illustration" which reprints
library. American magazines quite a habit of popular plays; and "Revue des Deux
It is well known that all periodicals reprinting plays, either as' a whole, Mondes" and the "Revue Blue," which
publish occasionally material upon I or in abbreviated form. Some of the prints criticisms and reviews. For
the stage and its activities. How- magazines which do this each month Spain we have "L' Espera," for re-
ever, I shall treat here only those'are "Hearsts," "Everybodys", and prints and "Nuestro Tiempo" and
which publish regularly items of ex- "Current Opinion." "Nuevo Mondo," or criticism, In Italy
clusive interest. The periodicals of The "Poet-Lore" prints unproduced "Nuovo Antologia" prints reviews of
this kind fall into several classes. I plays in its current numbers, and current drama of Rome and "La
the first place, there are the profes- later issues them as books, thus Ronda" prints plays, some produced
sional magazines, of which the Li- bringing before the public many and some unproduced. Germany and
brary has the one bt. In this, "The works which would not otherwise see Russia are at present more or less
barhashthnis.the light. dead letters in the dramatic world. It
week, wil h dreviews of aleveryl The literary magazines of America is interesting to note, however that on
curent plays, besides items of inter- usually publish in each issue at least the shelves of the Library may be
est to professional actors, msicians, one article which has to do with the found files of the Russian Imperial
si therswhondepend on mthecinsstage and many of them support a Theater programs and reviews, which
and thers living.ho d sepend on estage1 regular dramatic department. Such a contain very excellent illustrations of
publishes rulte lists of various at department is run in the "Nation" by continental settings and stage craft.
tractions, showing where they play on
various dates.
The second class of periodicals are
those of interest primarily to the writ-
er of the plays. The one of outstand -
ing merit and usefulness is "The
Dramatist," which each month pub-
lishes careful technical criticisms and1
analysis of five or six current plays.:
Another magazine, similar to the
"Dramatist," was the "Playwright."j
This has suspended publication, but
the files of back numbers, which are
to be found in the Library, will wellI
repay an examination.
Then there are the magazines which
print more or less popular reviews !
of plays-in reality the playgoer's
guides. Of these "Life" and "Judge" -
are probably the best knowd. Un- 1
fortunately the desire for cleverness
on the part of these reviewers oftimes
overcomes their hankering for strict
critical truth; and so their judgements
must sometimes be taken with a grain
of salt.
The "Theater Magazine," of course,
is the one American magazine devoted
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