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Show RUSSIAN DRESSING ON THEATRES' MENU By .1 IME8 HI AN I New York Oct. 2. The American , theatre menu is ganished with Ru.s-' Ru.s-' stan dressing this season more than , ever before. ' Nlklta Balleff has started tho third program of his "Chaufe Sourls." Maria Kousnozoff 1 rehearsing for the second program of her "Revue , llusso " Theodore KornLsarJevsky, I Russian director, has Just arrived to help sna pa the de tlnii s of theatre L'ulld plays. Constuntln Stanldavsky . Is due soon with his Moscow art thea-tre, thea-tre, scenery and all. Keodor Challapln becomca a star of tho Metropolitan I opera If one Is to discuss things thoatrl-leal thoatrl-leal this season one must learn to pronounce pro-nounce a lot of unpronounceable Russian Rus-sian names Why this popularity of Russian entertainment en-tertainment ? The host answer Is in tho person of, Nlklta li;illeff. He has a face like a' full moon. Just when you are ready' I to laugh at him. he makes you sym-J I palhlzc with him. liut before you are moved to pity ho has you laughing at him Then he makes you feel silly for havinp laughed out .of order-That order-That is the effect of the "Chauvo SourlS," which for want of better description might be called "super-vaudeville." "super-vaudeville." Tho "Chauvo Sourls." h:iing i.eon created by Balleff, bears tho imptlnt of his personality. A certain intimacy springs up between the entertainers and the entertained.! There Is something of this same effect about Mme. Kousnezoff's "Revue "Re-vue Russe." although the reaction of the spectator U not s definite and Burs as It Is to the personally conducted con-ducted Rallcff onb rtulnmont. There Is QontradlctiOn, paradox, in Mi. very settings of tho.se Russian pro-gram pro-gram plays. The backgrounds are largely eubistlo "ifi meohanloal. Those artificial backgrounds offer contrast to the highly realistic .-motions of the players. Path os,. joy. despair, vengeance ven-geance .ind high mirth Btalk stark and unashamed across tho stage. However .a player may enact com-. com-. i.. against a background of tragedy. This uncertainty, this constant siir-prlso siir-prlso of action furnishes mental .-. hHaratlon for tho Jaded playgoer. |