Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 4 | Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" No Longer Thought "Shocking"

Bernard Shaws Shaw's Pygmalion No Longer Thought Shocking 4 I p 4 4 1 I V I w II p Lynn Fontanne Liza in the Guilds Guild's production of Pygmalion 1 By the NEA PLAY JURY NEW YORK Nov 27 W 27 When 27 When en the specially appointed jury of c censors voted recently to to allow The Captive Captive Captive Cap Cap- tive to Its Broadway run uncensored one Juror commented that the much-discussed much play was perfectly all right for the mature- mature minded He had voted to censor it he added Because lecause of the young oung folk who might see it This This This' imme immediately resumes the most popular argument of the c current current cur cur- r- r rent rent sea seat seat-on o 1 Is censorship really for the youngsters or the oldsters Arid And a cross section of Important opinions is that in actuality the old folk and not the yoi hg folk folI are being being being be be- ing protected It is pointed out that tastes Ustes created a generation ago on onShore onShore onShore Shore Acres and Way Vay Do Down n East c cannot be expected t t. to I escape when a tragedy of Lesbianism which is a basis of The Tio Captive is presented It is is further pointed out that complaints come seldom if ever from theatregoers under 40 It is invariably the old folks who are shocked and hurry to protest that such and such is unfit for Lot the growing growing growing grow grow- ing youth and maid It is a common report from the theatre lobby that flappers have to explain to their haired gray moth- moth 1 1 4 4 11 1 a ua u A ag group of these wise younger generations were heard discussing discussing discuss discuss- ing whether or not it was vas advisable to let their parents attend and one was certain that grandma would never understand it One whose business it Is to listen in on these lobby chats tells us th that t no youngster youngster youngster young young- ster has been heard to express the least surprise concerning the d daring dar rIng r- r ing theme whereas scores scones of or old ld folk issue forth shaking their he heads heds ds It Is also interesting to note that of the jurors voting on this particular particular particular par par- play three were women who keep leep in active touch with their times They all voted against cen- cen censorship censorship cen cen- and could find nothing immoral immoral im in- moral about about- the play The The point is as Arthur Hornblow Hornblow Hornblow Horn- Horn blow Jr the young translator adds that the newer psychological findings findIngs findIngs find- find Ings have reached th the cars ears of the younger generations while thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of the oldsters still carry Victorian ideas The younger people peo peo- I and plc-and and all minded adult theatregoers theatre theatre- I I goers goers are are to the tragedies tragedies trag trag- I edies or comedies growing out of such problems as this play pre pre- They rhe are learning to dif dif- differentiate differentiate dif dif- between vulgarity and morality There Will be a chance henceforth for adult plays plas That argument is amusing in indeed indeed indeed in- in deed when it Is recalled t that at pot not I Iso so many years years' ago all sorts of hornor horror hor hOI I nor was expressed because a Shaw drama contained that British dreadful dreadful dreadful dread dread- ful bloody The Th play was the sensational Pygmalion and is now revived In Inthe Inthe inthe the Shaw Shawl circle of the Theatre Guild The phrases that once I caused such excitement are uttered now without attracting curi th the slightest attention unless it concern their archaic nature New York critics In toto are thanking the for fOL bringing ut out this most sparkling o of oc the Shaw concoctions just as the Noble prize settles upon the brow of old Bernard Bernard Bernard Ber Ber- nard who comments with typical that he won it because he hadn't written a line during the year The Shaw wit wl Is here at Its best and Its satire on the modes and manners of the early nineteen hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- Is priceless Ot Of the eminent emi nen nent list of at Guild Players payers Lynn Fontanne and Henry Travers particularly particularly par pan distinguish themselves For the rest of the current week individual p performances become becom more more- important than plays plas In The Squall it is Blan Blanche he Yurka and Suzanne S Caubet w who o largely save save the day The play is another one of those thoe in which the bea beautiful stranger comes in in ou out of the storm to be purs pursued ed by al althe all the men In th the ho household and raise endless endless ruction In the life lire of a Spanish she family family she being quite guiltless of all things things' save beauty and lind appeal And Old Bill M. M P. P reintroduces duces dues the leading r of The Better Ole in a new comedy wit wIth Charles Coburn again as aa Old Bill Sequels Sequel's seldom are as good as originals yet this Is isa a merry evening and one likely to attract large audiences au au- au- au Dont Don't hurry It Is very likely to be on Broadway until un Christmas s and New Years Arthur Richman Who signed hi his pis name to such proud plays as Ambush Ambush Ambush Am bush and The Deluge now presents presents presents pre pre- a very talky but comedy of character called A Proud Woman The one entitled to tobe tobe tobe be proudest is Elizabeth Risdon a afine afine afine fine actress in a difficult role The play itself Is reminiscent variously of Craigs Wife Ite and The Horn home Towners In that Its leading character character character char char- acter Is one who seeks tempests In teapots and nd has little t trouble find find- findIng Ing them Her pride of course Is false fale pride and takes Itself out on such things as worrying about what wha the folks at home will think Thus she cannot understand why her sis sis- sister sister sis sis- ter ten does not have an elaborate church wedding and arid begins pouring verb verbal l poison polson that sends the entire menage crashing In Ip the end her sister begins to see through the gas fumes and to realize her mistake Meantime everyone Is Is miserable including the U-e audience for audience for this Is quite q the most unpleasant character charac charac- ter of the season season and and that's no noI I mean an compliment to an any author