Show DRAMATISTS IN GERMANY LACK CREATIVE VIE VIEW All Branches of Theatrical Endeavor Have Forged Ahead of Writers Since War C Critics r it i c s S Say n y BERLIN Feb 16 By A. A P. P P.- P. Acting stage management and production production production pro pro- have improved greatly in Germany since sines the in th the tho war warS opinion opinion ion of or most German dramatic critIcs critics crit crit- ics leg but the quality of the new nc plays written In Germany German since the armistice has not kept pace with wih the other branches of theatrical ac ac- ac c- c Not a a. single drama has be been n written written written writ writ- ten in Germany since the war ar which Paul Fletcher of the thi Deutsche Alle- Alle regards a as al i a true trul expression of the times He lie has high praise for young actors Who ho re recently recently recently re- re developed In Germany particularly particularly particularly par par- Eugene Kloepfer Werner Verner I Krauss Agnes Straub and Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth Bergner Be ner but says they are all compelled to fall back on old standard standard standard stand stand- ard plays and to move from theatre theatre theatre thea thea- tre to theatre in order to find op opportunity opportunity opportunity op- op to display their varied talents PUBLIC DISGUSTED Fletcher says the German public I Is 1 disgusted with the new style of ot modern dramas and Is turning back to nature nature and life ute The return of ot the young dramatists dramatists dra dra- Bert Brecht Arnolt Bronnen Bronnen Bron- Bron nen nest and Alfred Altred Brust t to the natural al presentation of the lives of or men and women is hi a ii h hopeful sign in Fetchers Fetcher's opinion although he confesses con con- that the work of these theae dramatists dramatists dra dra- is rather crude crud He think think- the German novelists such as Jacob Wassermann and Thomass Mann and the poets Stefan Stetan George Franz and Carl give g a afar afar atar far tar more fibre truthful picture of th the spiritual life Ufe of ot Germany of or today than do the dramatists Leopold Jessner director of or the state mate play house In Berlin i is fl of the opinion that the German Gennan theatre theatre thea thea- tre will do w well to battle against tho American star etar system em and devote Itself to ensemble work lIe He says many German actors prefer preter artIstic standing to great salaries and nd In InthIs Inthis inthis this spirit he believes the German theatre will find a great asset for Its development ACCEPT FREE MEALS Tho The lack In Berlin BarUn audiences of foreigners from countries where the exchange ia la good was a hard blow to the German theatre In 1923 as well wen as 83 to the cinemas Unemployment Unemployment Unemployment has been great in theatrical theat theat- neal circles Actors and actresses have taken up side professions and not a few have been compelled to avail all themselves of meals eais offered In Iri various centers centera to professional people in reduced circumstances circumstance Many actors have deserted the tho legitimate stage and gone Into vaudeville and cabaret work which Is far more remunerative than the legitimate stage But members of ot companies in tho the state theatres and operas are aro ar not allowed to supplement their wages by cabar cabarets ts Some Some- of them have hae been permitted to accept engagements engagements engage engage- ments meats in the moving pictures but the producing end of or the moving picture industry has rec recently taken takena a terrible slump In Germany Costs Cost of production got above aboyo world costs costa and there was so 80 much in inflation In- In ladon in the trade that not long tong since It ft collapsed collapse |