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Show Leacock Writes Theatre Satire .- I ; Stephen Iaeock la a maater parodist. par-odist. He does In type hat a car-lraturlutt car-lraturlutt doea 1 line. He accentuates accen-tuates one feature until It becomes the badge af recognition of a person per-son or sltustlon. " By that distortion distor-tion Ve achieves a comic affect. In this manner ha holds tha accented simplicity of' lhaen's Una and stage setting to ridicule In "The Sub-Contractor." It starts thus: . Hrene A ,roora In Plump s Ifcuse. (There are' ao flowera on the tahle. . . Flump What heautlful flowers'. Vamp Yes, they are freer, this IT.ornlng. (Hlump and Vamp apeak on after aft-er the other In ahort turna. like sawing wood with a crosecut aaw. But th-re la no aeed to Indicate Hhlrk la apeaklnr. It doean't mat- ,,r .... Are they. Indeed' Yea they are. How aweet they smell. Yee. don't they? I like flowers. (to do I. I think they smell ao b.a ill It'll. , . Yea tha spring will soon ba hare. ''Then there eonjee the big moment smp bnt is he doing now? I ,,.. I think he Is citing dyr.a- " Vamp Will ft hurt hlmt . tmiaVes, presently. Vamp In what particular rump After th warmth of bis body warmt it be will explode. Vamp Mow furious. How warm will II have to be? fumn About degree. He will explode In about II mln- Ul'amp la It wise to tay near Mm PumpNo. It Is highly Imprudent. Impru-dent. We hnd better go. leacock rings down hi eurtsin with the hlg problem still unsolved, quite In the Ibseneaie manner That la Just one of hla eketchea h 'over the FoolUkhta." a brilliant ratlre on the tiieatre a book which dramatic critics might eerioiMly atudy to learn the art of criticism. |