"The Stage" Year Book, 1915 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from "The Stage" Year Book, 1915It has not been easy to draw any definite conclusion from the ear's work in the theatres, but I think it may be said that the success of The and of Promise may indicate that the public is ready to support plays of strong interest, of a type less artificial than oldd-ashioned melodrama. The War may have the effect of increasing the appeal of the serious play. But. In general the year has shown once more that audiences like comedy to have a serious or satirical or even a symbolical interest There is still room for light-hearted farce, but the straight old-fashioned comedy of manners does not appeal as it did. We like our humour to have a serious background, or rather we like comedy to deal With serious matters under the cloak of humour. As that is a national characteristic, such plays seem to me to possess real vitality. Is it very far-fetched to claim Mr. Bernard Shaw as the apostle of this movement? As to the future of the theatre, we must be prepared for difficult times, but those who feel pessimistic must remember that the drama is a, natural expression of human feeling, and that the satisfaction of that expression is an absolute necessity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.