Show i BROADWAY GOES DOES I H I 1 FAR FOR STARS STABS Notables New Plays Bring From Remote Corners I 1 of Earth t I t I j JV NEW YORK Jan 12 The OPt P The cos- cos s. s t aspect a. of Broadway is isI I jr cf most aptly illustrated by two of the x v- v which made their I outstanding plays I entrance this week weel bringing stars I I o from Irom the two ends of the earth as ac aswell well as from New York itself I When The Petrified Forest the I. I newest t work from the thc pen of Robert E. E Sherwood opened it marked the return to Manhattan footlights o of Lesi Les- Les i r lie Howard a renowned actor from London On the same ame night and only a few t. t blocks away there was produced a n drama called The Old Maid which had as its iL stars Helen Menken of New NewYork NewYork York and Judith Anderson of Aus Aus- Howard who has hac exiled himself in inthe Inthe inthe the movies for lor the past three seasons season mak makes c his hb r reappearance arance in a play i which the critics eagerly marked 3 as one nc of Sherwood's best works's works works' i s In this one Sherwood who usually X J A 1 writes rites about a foreign scene picks pick a I. native Dative location for his story story indeed indeed 4 i i f. f ithe the Painted Desert of or Arizona I t- t Peggy Conklin who once served sered In th the chorus line next to Constance Cummings is Howards Howard's leading lady and an ancl she proves herself to be one of S r the towns town's most artful actresses of S th the younger set S The play which co costars rs M Miss Anderson Anderson An An- t derson and M Miss c Menken The Old j Maid is s one of those ns S S of at a favorite novel which retains all the charm of or its original book but 1 suffers suffers- from a mechanical creaking when placed on the stage stae I BoSi 3 h Miss Anderson and Miss MenS MenI Menken Men Men- I S ken give ive what arc judged to be beI 1 I among their most exciting performances perform 1 ances and the they both do much to bolster th the occasional weak points of f 1 the manuscript |