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Show Berlin Theatre Shows Few Plays By Americans During Season "IMrtnfo nfrltj4o' aim ply M fiot taaa Hh 1h Crmaii u4lftro. nfMwlihaivnrllnr Chat Mi rut In-rlut4 In-rlut4 tliMtlh larf nT. rnt4. ral by irinv rrltf tha frrmat irrrian aetraaa of I ho 4av. Opinion imon thatrra1 -pl 1 la r1ivrl4 to th raan for thia unopott alump In Angn.h9on, r.RLI.V ttri-rioodrd a yrar aga with Amarlran and Brltlah plava, lha tWUn thaalraa thla aaa-aa aaa-aa rra alngvlarly froa af 4rmaa f Anglo. ha ion origin. Only ona Amarlran plara la on tha o-al hoarda F.lmrr Un a a ' "tra Prana.' produrrd hata aa "Die Pi r and that la playing to all nigh amply houaaa and may ha ratlrad aoon. Ona Brltlah play ta balng ahown at Ilia moment. G. Barnard rthaw'a -Tha Applatart" which kan bad a fairly aurraaaful run undar tha tltla "IMr Kalaar von Amanita." Apart from lhaaa two, ft. C. Bhariff a "Joumry a End ' (Hla Andara Prliai. and Kugano O Nan a "Ptranga Inirr-luda" Inirr-luda" ihaltaamaa Zwiachanapiall warn tha only Angle-Painn afforta of tha currant aaaaon. of faring a rarord that doaa not romparo with tha l:i.:9 aaaaon whan ninataan ftrltUh and fourtaan Amarlran playa a rra producad. Tha Sharlff plara though Ha run ahort. but waa unuauaily wall raorlvad. particularly Amarlran. offrrmga Tha verdict moat mptmonly hoard hoe ever, la that lha preaent dearth of American and Hritieh ptr.-ee on tha Prlin aiage le dua to a natural reaction. Tha thrairegolng public bad Ita fill of them lart aaaaon. and being aatad. Ita appal Ma thla aaaaon muat ba aoddled with aomething alaa. Thla opinion la hald by tha reader, tha man aha aelecta tha playa for a number of prominent Berlin houeee Ila told tha I'nlted Preaa that theatrical the-atrical laata In Germany generally followa public Intereet. At tha moment mo-ment Oermany la mgch IMereoted In tha L'nllad tatee and In Oraat Hrltain partly b era uia theae two oountrlea ara tha moot powerful tn tha world and partly for other raa-aona. raa-aona. Thla tmereet tha (Jarmen pukilo haa taken with It Into the theatre. On tha other hand. German Ger-man Intereet In French playa ta preeently at Ita nadir. Pue to many clrrumeiencee, mnet them too oh. vloua to need mentienlng, Oermanv wlehaa to forget Franca and all thlnga French, at leant for tha time baing. Albeit, tha reader ripreeeed the belief that lha preaentetloa of American and Brltlah plava waa overdone laat year and that there-foro there-foro II haa bean eireedlngly difficult diffi-cult to aell auch pierce in tha liar-man liar-man publtn thla year. Nevertheleaa It waa euaaeated that Intereet In American playa would aoon ba revived. re-vived. In thla connection tha reader pointed out thet tho Anclo-Xaion playa wara aupertor In technique and dialog to lha preeeat day run of German worke and that the produc. ara wara for thla raaaon dtepoeed to favor Iho former aa agalnat lha latter. lat-ter. Henra ha eoneidered It more than likely that whan tha reaction to tho lt:i-2l aaaaon had warn off tha producera would again turn to American and Hrltlrh playa In marked numhere. |