Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 4 | Life of Moses is Unfolded in Play by Lawrence Langner

Life of Moses Is Unfolded Unfolded'S S In Play by Lawrence Langner By HERBERT HUBBARD A play pla more particularly larl a drama if it is to achieve success must necessarilY necessarily necessarily incorporate within itself an outstanding motif must tell telI a story point out a mora moral or contain somewhere some sone- where were between the prologue and epilogue ue some thought which will I 1 catch an and hold bold the interest of the j I reader or audience A novel may marl marland I I and Indeed many do depend prin- prin j i on characterization dialogue dialogue dia dia- logue or descriptive matter a short story need not necessarily rely on Its plot to captivate the attention of the tile reader but with a play PlaY PlaY-I the plays play's tIle the thing I J 4 I L t if 1 r ol 4 l I t f We have a striking example of or the futility of a drama without theme themen in Lawrence Langner's new work Moses a pia play consisting of a prologue prologue pro pro- logue uc and seven scenes all d dealing I with the life of ot the historical ch character character char char- r- r acter who led the Israelites out of i Eg Egypt Pt The prologue tells of the tile i finding of oC the tile infant Moses In ill the I and from there thereon there on tho tilo tho pla play is a t history of Moses' Moses childhood In the palace of or the Egyptian p princess prin ln I cess his life there after reaching I maturity his call to deliver the I Israelites from the tIle bond bondage ago of their maters masters and finally the Journey to the promised land I As a book Moses is readable c. c J tP H rt I I. I i- i ir r I I I j i As a play as a vehicle for the stage i It is extremely doubtful for tIle the theren rca rca- I son Ron already alread given glnn that it absolutely j jI I lacks an any semblance of a plot piot or ori j sequence of events There Thele is nothIng noth noth- I I ling lug Ing to hold the tho Interest f from rom tl tha I t first curtain to tl the e last 1051 save the tIle I i doubtful medium of or a bizarre set- set II ting ling and picturesque e costumes I I Li l New c urk i rk II S SS S i 5 S S S Wi 1