Show I Marriage and Love Theme of Russian Plays Is marriage the beginning of love or the end of It There are many fine theories and all very all different very in reasonIng reasoning reason reason- ing as well as In conclusions Nevertheless Nev this theme continues to be he one of ot the most absorbing In all literature ture In recent years It has had no more niece Interesting treatment treatment treat treat- ment than that accorded it in three great plays Jealousy realous Enemies and The Law of the Savage by P. P I These three pla plays s 's comprise a volume which has just been Is Issued is- is sued They are preceded by an art Introduction which In reality Isa Isa is isa a critical critical- essay on ron the marriage relation It presents the authors author's views oh on OJ the subject which are necessary to complete te comprehension sion of ot the of ot pla plays s 's pre pre- seated With these three pla plays s 's Artz- Artz has achieved the greatest 1 stage success ever known in Rus Bus I sl sla sia Historically speaking the they m mark the liberation of the Russian literary drama from monologue I and the philosophical tr treatise All AU i of the pla plays s deal w with th the marital ownership of ot l love loie e. e and with Jealousy jealous jealousy Jeal jeal- I ous that fallen angel with the flaming sword a at t the gates of a man-made man paradise In Enemies the bel beloved ed wife wite strokes g gently the hair hall of ot the re repentant repentant repentant re- re husband at her feet and this assured caress I slaughters his hope of ot life lire of youth of a a. anew new vitalizing love Just as Sergei in Jealousy commits commits commits com com- mits his murder driven by a woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wo wo- wo- wo mans man's lies and the fear of doubt and ridicule The true tJ type e of the jealous man Is shown In The Law of the Savage He lIe Is a cynic and anda a sensualist He Ill sees seed In woman only woman yet et when out of re revenge re- re tenge enge his wife throws herself a away he still stin remains tied tlell to her by pride and ami sensuality and asserts his marital ownership by killing the other man I f fIn In is considered considered con eon Tolstoy's successor and no the doubt the publication publication-of or of this volume volume vol vol- ume time of his lila j s will establish a high position for him in the English English En En- glish speaking world Boni Liveright New I |