4.9. Anatol - Zyklu-
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Anatole and His
Affairs Afford
Keen Amusement
An Unmitigated Delight to Ary¬
body with Humor and a Taste
for Sophisticated Levity
Schnitzlers Clever Dialogues
Given at the Little Theatre.
THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL
un
episodes, by Arthur
Schnitzler, paraphrase, by Granville
Barker. The Little Theatre.
Anatol.John Barrymore
Maxw York
tilda Marguerite Clark
Bianca
Mimosen
Gabriel Kateri Emme
Lonale
Nothing cleverer than Arthur
Schnitzlers Anatol dialogues has ever
been written. Of course they are
not to be taken seriously. It is diffi¬
cult to understand how anybody can
But it has been done. To be sure, it
requires a Dogberry type of mind.
For six humor, deft irony, and so¬
phisticated insight, these dialogues are
quite without equal. It is not merely
in the grave, almost pathetic egotism
of Anato himself, with his many loves.
It is in the diabolically keen way the
characters of the girls have been drawn.
Or, to be accurate, they have been sus¬
gested rather than drawn.
Five of the episodes were chosen by
Winthrop Ames to open the Little The¬
Questions and Youle¬
No Sto
Anatolis plagung his
brain
dering whether Hilda
true to hi
Why not hypnotize
says
find out the truth.
sooner said than done. But with
question is hardly. And that
tos. Let Max leave the room, the
Anatol will ask the important question
Max goes and Anato wakes Hilda
without daring to ask her¬
respi¬
is looking over some old trophies. H
finds the one that reminds him of Bibi¬
Poor, poor child. What was to
me? An episode But he'd never for
get. Some women can, but not she.
ibi comes into visit Max, sees Ana¬
to, and cannot for the life of he
recollecte
Then again "A Farell Supper.
Anatol is preparing to break the sa¬
ne to that the fair is finished
Mimi enters and gets to the point be
fore Anatol, much to our philanderer
disgust. Se, too, has found another
over. Anatol becomes more and more
in
been boring me till could only say in
the room with you by sitting and think
in other. I've had to what my eyes
tight and think it was her was kes-
to that, my dear, simis
complacent answer.
But that is not all says Anatol.
Under the use of a confession¬
boasts that he was untrue to Mimi
weeks and weeks ago. Then Mimi is
outrage: "You cad, she says, after
all never told you that and I never
would have told it you. Only a man
could be so unpleasant. And she de¬
parts, grabbing a handful of cigars for
her new lover.
But it is not faible to describe all
the dialogues at length. Besides they
are so much more delightful than any
description could possibly be. The
the adroit dies at the human
ber 9/1
de Noten Sammeten
n
ERCIAL AVERTISE
Anatole and His
Affairs Afford
Keen Amusement
An Unmitigated Delight to Ary¬
body with Humor and a Taste
for Sophisticated Levity
Schnitzlers Clever Dialogues
Given at the Little Theatre.
THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL
un
episodes, by Arthur
Schnitzler, paraphrase, by Granville
Barker. The Little Theatre.
Anatol.John Barrymore
Maxw York
tilda Marguerite Clark
Bianca
Mimosen
Gabriel Kateri Emme
Lonale
Nothing cleverer than Arthur
Schnitzlers Anatol dialogues has ever
been written. Of course they are
not to be taken seriously. It is diffi¬
cult to understand how anybody can
But it has been done. To be sure, it
requires a Dogberry type of mind.
For six humor, deft irony, and so¬
phisticated insight, these dialogues are
quite without equal. It is not merely
in the grave, almost pathetic egotism
of Anato himself, with his many loves.
It is in the diabolically keen way the
characters of the girls have been drawn.
Or, to be accurate, they have been sus¬
gested rather than drawn.
Five of the episodes were chosen by
Winthrop Ames to open the Little The¬
Questions and Youle¬
No Sto
Anatolis plagung his
brain
dering whether Hilda
true to hi
Why not hypnotize
says
find out the truth.
sooner said than done. But with
question is hardly. And that
tos. Let Max leave the room, the
Anatol will ask the important question
Max goes and Anato wakes Hilda
without daring to ask her¬
respi¬
is looking over some old trophies. H
finds the one that reminds him of Bibi¬
Poor, poor child. What was to
me? An episode But he'd never for
get. Some women can, but not she.
ibi comes into visit Max, sees Ana¬
to, and cannot for the life of he
recollecte
Then again "A Farell Supper.
Anatol is preparing to break the sa¬
ne to that the fair is finished
Mimi enters and gets to the point be
fore Anatol, much to our philanderer
disgust. Se, too, has found another
over. Anatol becomes more and more
in
been boring me till could only say in
the room with you by sitting and think
in other. I've had to what my eyes
tight and think it was her was kes-
to that, my dear, simis
complacent answer.
But that is not all says Anatol.
Under the use of a confession¬
boasts that he was untrue to Mimi
weeks and weeks ago. Then Mimi is
outrage: "You cad, she says, after
all never told you that and I never
would have told it you. Only a man
could be so unpleasant. And she de¬
parts, grabbing a handful of cigars for
her new lover.
But it is not faible to describe all
the dialogues at length. Besides they
are so much more delightful than any
description could possibly be. The
the adroit dies at the human