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Show THE MASTER BUILDER TONIGHT Those who 'attend Madame Hammer's Ham-mer's performance of Ibsen's Masier Builder at Nlbley Hall tonight, will see a play that dramatic critics of distinction have found worth writing about. Dr. Brandea and William Art cher have analysed the symbolism of the drama, and have shows a keen Insight Into the great Norweglaa Interpretation In-terpretation of human emotions. But perhaps no critic has measured up to Walter Prlchard Eaton, In the freshness fresh-ness and charm with which he gets at the message of the play, a message mess-age vastly superior to that of Heddj Oabler, whom we saw last night. Mr, Eatonmakes us feel that the play is decidedly worth while and that the much talked of symbolism of Ibsen need not Interfere with our enjoyment of the play. He thinks that the external meaning does not matter much after all whether you think the play means that Hilda, as tho spirit of the new generation created cre-ated the Master Builder's spirit anew so that he once mora stood on tho heights, whether you think It means that a man's spirit cannot be created creat-ed anew, or whether you take Mr. Archer's Interpretation, the history of a sickly 'Conscience side by side with a robust conscience, makes little lit-tle difference. You can not help getting get-ting the big Ideas of the play. Mr. Eaton calls "The Master Builder," a play of the subconscious elements In man. Ibsen Is Interpreting Interpret-ing the conversation botween two souls, the currents of Influence that leaped from the girl eighteen, to the man sixty. Mr. Eaton calls It Soul speech. You may call it telepathy. That tho drama Is to a certain extent, ex-tent, autobiographical, Mr. Archer and Mr. Eaton agree. In developing his theme, Ibsen had In mind his own romance with an eighteen yoar old Viennese maiden. There Is another anoth-er biographical touch. The creations of the Master Builder. Solness, are symbolic of the dramatist's own work. Mr. Eaton tells us that Ibsen Ib-sen himself Is The Master Builder. The church towers Solness btiltt are the poet's poetic dramas, the homes for human beings are Ibsen's later domestic dramas, and the castles in the air, his last plays studies of man's soul. The final message Mr. Eaton gets from the play Is Ibsenjs hope on, and climb. Mr. Eaton calls It the trumpet call to youth. It Is a message of eternal effort, eternal aspiration that Is the surest happiness. To Solness who had begun to be so terribly afraid of the younger generation, Hilda Wrangel comes like a dawning day, and Inspires him to climb as high as he builds. It Is a helpful play that everyone with soul aspirations aspira-tions must not fall to see. |