Best Plays

These are the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important.

SERIOUS

THE GREAT GOD BROWN--Eugene O'Neill's obscure but brilliantly engrossing investigation into the co-operation between a babbitt and a man with brains.

YOUNG WOODLEY--Glenn Hunter giving a masterly illustration of what happens when a schoolboy falls in love with an older woman.

LULU BELLE--A Negro courtesan's progress from Harlem to Paris. Principally Lenore Ulric.

CRAIG'S WIFE--The tale of a woman who worshiped her home until it became an obsession.

BRIDE OF THE LAMB--Reviewed in this issue.

LESS SERIOUS

THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY--Ina Claire and an exceptionally affable troupe in a tale of stolen pearls and English drawing rooms.

THE WISDOM TOOTH--The fantasy of recaptured youth which enabled a young clerk to tell his employer to go to.

Is ZAT SO?--Boxers become butlers as the prize ring invades the social register.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC--Walter Hampden retelling the classic story of a long-nosed lover.

THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN--Closing performances of the shrewd tale of how to make money and lose it behind the scenes on Broadway.

CRADLE SNATCHERS--Wherein old love goes freshman as three married idiots take three undergraduates off for a weekend.

MUSICAL

The best ear, eye and rib hospitals are these:

The Vagabond King, By the Way, Tip-Toes, The Cocoanuts, Sunny, Artists and Models and No, No, Nanette.