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Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra," for Of course he vas discouraged when
example, he makes the stage into a be said this, some particularly offens-
huge rat-trap-you hjtve read the ive manager had laughed at him; for
play, of course, and know the reason nothing, in fact, could be more ctar-
for this-in which nothing is accur- acteristic of his work than its basic
ately distinguishable save a squatty universal appeal. It is a point, ob-
pair of steps on which the one real viously, that is not yet ready to be
figure of the scene-the comic-tragic ' proved, but the truth is there: the
Ftatateeta--is presently to appear and man who first applies his theories of
dominate the action. the simple dignified setting to the
One can go on with similar examples practical theatre of today will find
almost endlessly-the rremarkable set- himself famous the next morning.
tins for "Hamlet," the design for
the tents in "Henry V," the Forum A NEW MONTHLY REVIEW ...
s "Julius Caesar," the Wapping Old An imposing list of well-known
Stairsbut before you are tired let writers appears on the contents page
me show you his design for Sopho- of the first number of The Transat-
lcs'-"E ectra," the design, I should lantic Review," a new monthly maga-
~ for til 1 gret rsgr(ty. I tile zini which made its first appear-
li-ick --- nd I lire s .: vest tariidling
eane January 7, 1924. It is edited in
or sri eighty or i hundred and Pis by ForitMaitoxFot (Fot
ci tytc thig acodin t y .r Pados Kyeffer) ado Fr Fr
e ; "i""; sf i dx lefer> ani tubished in
iI sit Wh l tiiy lattpe Acmries by Thomas Seltzer. Joseph
rfr i- tilr 91 iiioni tcisitConrad, Thomas imlardy, i .G. Wells,
with great burst of ig t and shw, i , AI Coprd, T. S. Elliott, E. E.
nd with a powerful nobility of ltne,t ummings, Ezra Pound, Mary Btts,
The archeologist, of course, will tell Phillippe Soupault, Robert McAlmon,
Yout lt this is hady historical yJean Cassot, Luke lonidsand Jeanne
correct. But you have come to the . I.Foster are among the contributors
theatre for a drama that is a living to the initial isue. It will also con-
whole, not alone in the brain, but tain the first installment of i serial
through the eye and ear as well, nd novel by Ford Madox Ford.
not for history. . and so you are "The Transatlantic Review" will be
more than satisfied, modeled on "The English Review,''
The question always arising after which under Mr. Ford's editorship
finishing such a eulogy is why these sas "unquestionably the most bril-
designs have not been snatched up liant I:eriodical publication issued in
by the commercial stage. The answer Englan I during the present century,"
is two-fold-the first, that this pro- according to Douglas Goldring in a
fessional stage is not interested with recent letter to the New York Trib-
nobility and power, and the second, lne, in which he welcomes the nef
conversely, that his designs have review.
been accepted through their almost "Ford Madox Ford has an unassail-
universal plagarism. You point out abl eposition in the history of mod-
to me any of our successful artists- ern English literature apart from the
Joseph Urban, Norman 3el-Geddes, merit of his own writings," continues
Robert Edmond Jones, Claude Brag- Douglas Goldring, "in that he pro-
don, Sam Hume-and I can point out vided a medium through which all
the influence of their master in every the best and most vigorous writers of
case. the day could reach their public with-
Gordon Craig carries his propos- out their having to submit to edito-
tions to even further conclusions in rial interference or to the restric-
his latest book, "Scene." After pre- tions of commercial policy."
senting a comprehensive history of the
developement of stage design, he MARCEL PROUST
launches his most revolutionary ideal, One of the first books to appear
really an apology for the theatre he with the new year will assemble
is about to found in London. His puir-
pose, briefly, is to create a universal titine cover a rare list of co-
setting, a setting, in other words,t ng authors They are gathered
that can be all settings, and after some together under the general editorship
two hundred and fifty experiments he of C. K. Scott Moncrieff to do homage
has concluded that plain, angular to another author whose work has
screens--pylons, if you will-are the made a profound impression on the
most perfectly adaptable units. literature of our time. The book is
As a still further step-and easily"Marcel Proust; An English Tribute."
the more significant-he is saking and will be published by Thomas
these screens pure white without a Seltzer early in January. Among the
single pigment of paint about them. twenty-one contributors to the vol-
In place of the painter, then, he will ume are Joseph Conrad, Arnold Ben-
troduce his colors entirely with nett, Arthur Symons, Compton Mac-
lights,his shadows with darkiess. kenzie, Clive Bell, George Saintsbury,
While his actors read the play, the Logan Pearsall Smith, A. B. Walkley,
color will be constantly shifting, and J. Middleton Murry and Stephen Hud-
-mirabile dicti!-the settings too! son. Mr. Moncrieff is well known for
And how does he do all this?-he is masterly translation of "Swann's
promises to publish the trick a year Way," the first title of Marcel Proust's
after it has been presented on his great "Remembrances of Things
stage. For once, his devces will past." The second two volumes of
not be stolen to glorify a brother me- this series entitled "Within a Budding
chanic. i!Grove," which Mr. Moncrieff has also
Of course, it is always a question translated, will be published by
whether such an enterprise will be Thomas Seltzer early in January.
successful;, twenty years ago the
stage rejected hins, and it is doubtful
whether it has advanced sufliclently!
since to appreciate him now. And
after all, one questions whether Gor-
don Craig even needs to succeed-in
dollars and cents on a world's Broad-
way....- ~
This linngs us to the final qiustio
always raised by his critics. Even
it it is admitted that his work is the
highest artistic achievement for the-

theatre in the century, his designs
sre all for romantic far-away fantastic 9
plays which can only succeed with
the few. H-tow does this. they cry,
help the ordinary realistic drama?
Gordon Craig's own rebuttal ma that it
doesn't help snet fare at all;hususj
a world-theatre, and a world-artist
cannot concern himself with plays of
the mob.

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