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Show NEW-YORK-STAGE I ; NOW IN FULL : : BLOOM KBW YORK. Sept. t Musical abowa and frothy corned lea have been only apring beautlea that press pre-ss ge the coming of violet .trams. And now that tbcaa drama a. which seek to search out the whrl ana whereforea of human conduct, have come to town we may know thai the at ago aeaeon la la full bloom. - - F1rat of these psychological - drama" to Mary Hoberts Hlnehart a - ""i ne Breaking Point." Tha heso has - forgotten his former aelf and la a respected young physician. He doesn't know Just what ba waa ten ytare ago and ba thlnka he ahould find out before ba mar r lea hie loved one. He returna to tha ranch whera ha formerly lived. He la about to shoot a man when he Immediately reromea his former relf. Under tha i eirese of hla agitation ba reraem- bera Cat bo killed a man at that very apot, . Then he forge ta everything that he haa done In tha Intervening reere Ha ret urn a to tha com-wunlttr com-wunlttr where he had been a phyal-clan. phyal-clan. Experiencing another moment mo-ment of great tension ha remembers remem-bers what had occurred In the later veara. Thus aphasia and amnesia are both dispelled. - Mrs. Rinehart la tha. wife of a physician. Perhaps aha waa patho-Toflcally patho-Toflcally eound tn Iter treatment of I fie amnesia theme, bnt something V as lost In transferring It to the stage With one or two exceptions this play present a the worst acting and the worst atage direction of the new season. A aerloua play with hardly a moment of Intentional rnmeiv. It la one of the blggeet laughing ahow a In town. a e ' e ' Martin Flavin's -Children of the nrxtn meets with murh better - treatment. Thla deals with tha avendanta of a moon struck old i odf.r. Tha theory Is that the moon r-fseseea such fascination for certain cer-tain tvpe-a that their minda become rih normal during certain phases or the moon. This theory la centurlea old: consider tha derivation of tha ord "lunatic.' I There le also tha suggestion that !erona eubject to such nereouarr raits will lead normal lives unless i - lr V na la eevaTefl to ! tbam. A concrete case la made with I a young girl erhoae fatner euro , mltted aulclde during full moon and ; whoaa brother rode to hla death I when ha ruahed straight for tha full I moon In his airplane. A mother so in love with her ! daughter that the would prevent her marrlaae tells the girl that ihe Is auhjeet to t he. same lunacy. The augaestlon la fully effective In bringing about the moat dramatic second act since ",Raln." Mara ta a play full of the glamour of the atage. It haa a kindling power over the audience. Yet eomethlng goes wrong at tha la at minute to rob It of greatness. I believe it la Ita In-eottcJualvn In-eottcJualvn ending. e e a Kant aeaeon waa notable for tha number of excellent young nc tresses brought to tha atage and for the dearth of capable young actors, ac-tors, "ajh la aes son promises to ba a repetition Florence Johns, heroine hero-ine of "Children of the Meon." la a eamai tc actress only a rung or two beneath Jeanne Baglaa and Helen Menken. 1 never heard of her before aeelng her la thla pray. Beatrice Terry, an tha selfish mother tn the same piece, ta also I aa actresa of much talent. a e e Flora Finch enjoys the 'creates personal triumph of any player who baa coma to Broartway in yearn. Tou aurely remember her in tba old John Bunny scree a eom-Ica. eom-Ica. Flora walks oa In Wevo Got to ! Have Money." a aew aomedy by Fdward letfjika. Tha ahow la at o pped. La t er aha haa a scone with aeveral lines to say. awuo-. If anyone In the audience hears tltom. There la auch an uproar that her voice la drowned. I have an idea that Flora Finch In a one-part comedy without ten words to aay would prove one of the biggest attractions of the year. Flora knowa makeup and aha knows pantomlne. Aha learned tho- things in movte studla. |