Dramatic Critic
Selected Reviews (1922-1939)
1st Edition
Published on 20. May 2013
296 pages
978-1-84943-941-1 (ISBN)
Description
Charles Morgan was the dramatic critic of The Times for most of the years between 1922 and 1939.
The reviews for this small selection are taken from thousands written for The Times and from his weekly articles for the New York Times on the London theatre. Morgan was widely regarded as the most influential critic of his day. His fellow critic, James Agate, wrote 'When Morgan is on form he has us all beat.' Though most were written overnight for the following day's paper, they were given space allowed to no modern critic.
Beautifully written, they bring to life many of the great actors and actresses and the dramatists, old and new, as the theatre moved from the frivolous Twenties into the shadow of another war and towards the modern theatre of today. As they mirror the development of English theatrical taste in the inter-war years, they are as much a delight to read, both witty and erudite, as they are an important historical record.
The reviews for this small selection are taken from thousands written for The Times and from his weekly articles for the New York Times on the London theatre. Morgan was widely regarded as the most influential critic of his day. His fellow critic, James Agate, wrote 'When Morgan is on form he has us all beat.' Though most were written overnight for the following day's paper, they were given space allowed to no modern critic.
Beautifully written, they bring to life many of the great actors and actresses and the dramatists, old and new, as the theatre moved from the frivolous Twenties into the shadow of another war and towards the modern theatre of today. As they mirror the development of English theatrical taste in the inter-war years, they are as much a delight to read, both witty and erudite, as they are an important historical record.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-84943-941-1 (9781849439411)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2013
Oberon Books Ltd
€31.30
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Persons
Charles Langbridge Morgan (22 January 1894 - 6 February 1958), was an English-born playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage. The main themes of his work were romantic love, mysticism, and a longing for the timeless and sublime through telling the stories of idealistic and artistic protagonists. On the outbreak of war he Rejoined the navy but was sent with Churchill's Naval Division to the defence of Antwerp. He was interned in Holland which provided the setting for his bestselling novel The Fountain. His first play, The Flashing Stream (1938), had successful runs in London and Paris. The River Line (1952) was originally written as a novel in 1949 and concerned the activities of escaped British prisoners of war in France during World War II. He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1936, a promotion in 1945, and was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1949. From 1953 he was the president of International PEN.
Content
- FrontCover
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyrights
- Contents
- Foreword by Roger Morgan
- Introduction by Carole Bourne-Taylor
- 7 March 1922, The Times Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
- 21 December 1923, The Times Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- 14 April 1924, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
- 17 December 1924, The Times The Vortex by Noël Coward
- 27 December 1924, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- 27 December 1924, The Times Six Cylinder Love by W. Anthony McGuire
- 8 June 1925, West Sussex Gazette The Cherry Orchard by Anton Tchehov
- 14 September 1925, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- 17 November 1925, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
- 18 January 1926, The Times Uncle Vanya by Anton Tchehov
- 22 June 1926, The Times Mozart by Sasha Guitry
- 1 July 1926, The Times Rookery Nook by Ben Travers
- 5 October 1926, The Times Love's a Terrible Thing by Frank Stayton
- 13 December 1926, The Times Fellowship of Players
- 13 January 1927, The Times Astoria Theatre
- 25 November 1927, The Times Sirocco by Noël Coward
- 18 December 1927, The New York Times London Boos a Playwright
- 29 January 1928, The New York Times Thomas Hardy
- 14 February 1928, The Times Young Woodley by John Van Druten
- 27 March 1928, The Times An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
- 28 March 1928, The Times Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
- 6 July 1928, The Times Six Stokers by Elmer L. Greensfelder
- 11 December 1928, The Times Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff
- 6 March 1929, The Times Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
- 28 March 1929, The Times Wake Up and Dream by John Hastings Turner
- 11 April 1929, West Sussex Gazette Lights Of London
- 11 April 1929, The Times Porgy by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward
- 28 June 1929, The Times Red Sunday by Hubert Griffth
- 3 July 1929, The Times The First Mrs. Fraser by St. John Ervine
- 20 August 1929, The Times The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
- 8 September 1929, The New York Times More about Mr. Shaw's Play
- 24 September 1929, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- 12 October 1929, The Times The Silver Tassie: A Tragi-Comedy by Sean O'Casey
- 19 November 1929, The Times Richard II by William Shakespeare
- 1 December 1929, The New York Times A National Theatre
- 10 December 1929, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- 8 July 1930, The Times The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- 15 July 1930, The Times The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Luigi Pirandello
- 19 August 1930, The Times Let Us Be Gay by Rachel Crothers
- 10 September 1930, The Times Street Scene by Elmer Rice
- 15 September 1930, The Times Henry IV (Part I) by William Shakespeare
- 25 September 1930, The Times Private Lives by Noël Coward
- 1 October 1930, The Times The Breadwinner by W. Somerset Maugham
- 8 November 1930, The Times The Only Way by Freeman Wills and Frederick Langbridge
- 25 November 1930, The Times Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
- 2 December 1930, The Times M. Maurice Chevalier
- 23 December 1930, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- 7 January 1931, The Times Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- 4 February 1931, The Times Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill
- 18 February 1931, The Times Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
- 23 February 1931, The Times Hassan at Oxford
- 24 February 1931, The Times Hassan at Oxford
- 28 February 1931, The Times Mr. Chaplin's New Film City Lights
- 3 March 1931, The Times A New Film Of Gallipoli Tell England
- 4 March 1931, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- 5 March 1931, The Times Hamlet in London Acting Traditions
- 22 March 1931, The New York Times London, Too, Has An All-Star Hamlet Revival
- 15 May 1931, The Times The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley and Edward Knoblock
- 7 July 1931, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
- 13 July 1931, The Times Disturbance by Cyril Campion
- 23 August 1931, The New York Times As a Business and a Profession the Theatre is Undergoing Changes, but the Public Remains Loyal
- 27 August 1931, The Times Counsel's Opinion by Gilbert Wakefeld
- 11 February 1932, The Times O. U. D. S. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- 14 March 1932, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare
- 5 April 1932, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare
- 11 April 1932, The Times The Miracle by Carl Vollmoeller
- 27 June 1932 The Times Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot
- 23 August 1932, The Times Loyalties by John Galsworthy
- 20 September 1932, The Times Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw
- 27 September 1932, The Times The Left Bank by Elmer Rice
- 8 October 1932, The Times Children in Uniform by Christa Winsloe
- 29 November 1932, The Times A Kiss in Spring by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald
- 6 January 1933, The Times Fresh Fields by Ivor Novello
- 7 January 1933, The Times Dinner at Eight by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
- 27 February 1933, The Times Modern Acting I: Ahead of the Authors
- 28 February 1933, The Times Modern Acting II: A Clash of Styles
- 14 March 1933, The Times All God's Chillun Got Wings by Eugene O'Neill
- 13 May 1933, The Times The Day I Forgot by Elsie Schauffer, from a novel by Mrs. Henry Dudeney
- 16 June 1933, The Times O.U.D.S. Mid-Summer Night's Dream
- 15 September 1933, The Times Sheppey by W. Somerset Maugham
- 29 September 1933, The Times Before Sunset by Gerhart Hauptmann
- 9 January 1934, The Times The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- 8 February 1934, The Times Within the Gates by Sean O'Casey
- 17 February 1934, The Times Conversation Piece by Noël Coward
- 25 March 1934, The New York Times On Learning How to Act
- 4 May 1934, The Times The Voisey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker
- 18 May 1934, The Times Oberammergau Play Modernism and Tradition
- 12 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey I. - The Munich Theatre
- 15 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey II. -Vienna and Salzburg
- 21 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey IV. -The Mission of France
- 9 September 1934, The New York Times The Late Sir Nigel Playfair
- 14 September 1934, The Times Treasure Island: A Film
- 14 September 1934, The Times Eden End by J.B. Priestley
- 20 September 1934, The Times Moonlight is Silver by Clemence Dane
- 26 September 1934, The Times Josephine From the German of Hermann Bahr by Emlyn Williams
- 9 November 1934, The Times It Happened to Adam by David Boehm
- 15 November 1934, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- 2 December 1934, The New York Times The Gielgud Hamlet
- 21 December 1934, The Times The Scarlet Pimpernel A flm from Baroness Orczy's novel
- 22 January 1935, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare
- 15 February 1935, The Times Barnet's Folly by Jan Stewer
- 4 April 1935, The Times The Old Ladies adapted by Rodney Ackland from Hugh Walpole's novel
- 6 May 1935, The Times The Flying Trapeze by Douglas Furber from the book by Hans Müller
- 31 May 1935, The Times Golden Arrow by Sylvia Thompson and Victor Cunard
- 1 June 1935, The Times Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
- 15 June 1935, The Times Anything Goes by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse
- 17 June 1935, The Times Murder in the Cathedral Mr. Eliot's Play
- 22 August 1935, The Times Full House by Ivor Novello
- 14 September 1935, The Times The Harlot by Alfred W. Paxton
- 24 September 1935, The Times Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
- 18 October 1935, The Times Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- 20 October 1935, The New York Times Peer Gynt Back Again
- 29 November 1935, The Times Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
- 27 December 1935, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- 10 and 14 January 1936, The Times To-Night At 8.30 Three Plays by Noël Coward
- 31 January 1936, The Times The Dog Beneath the Skin by W.H. Auden And Christopher Isherwood
- 12 February 1936, The Times Mr. Chaplin's New Film Modern Times
- 28 February 1936, The Times Pride and Prejudice from Jane Austen's novel by Helen Jerome
- 6 March 1936, The Times Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen
- 10 March 1936, The Times Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- 13 March 1936, The Times Lysistrata by Aristophanes English version by Reginald Beckwith and Andrew Cruickshank
- 2 April 1936, The Times Spread it Abroad by Herbert Farjeon Music by William Walker
- 8 April 1936, The Times Baby Austin by B. C. Hilliam
- 24 April 1936, The Times Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffer
- 21 May 1936, The Times The Seagull by Anton Tchehov
- 21 June 1936, The New York Times Of A Hit Called The Seagull
- 12 July 1936, The New York Times Salute to an Actor
- 21 July 1936, The Times The Seagull
- 23 August 1936, The New York Times Why Not a Holiday from The Bard?
- 15 October 1936, The Times Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
- 31 October 1936, The Times Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
- 5 November 1936, The Times Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffer
- 7 November 1936, The Times French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan
- 2 December 1936, The Times Waste by Harley Granville-Barker
- 4 December 1936, The Times O Mistress Mine by Ben Travers
- 6 January 1937, The Times "Hamlet" In Full by William Shakespeare
- 12 February 1937, The Times As You Like It by William Shakespeare
- 16 February 1937, The Times Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- 24 February 1937, The Times Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- 27 February 1937, The Times The Ascent of F6 by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood
- 24 March 1937, The Times The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
- 20 May 1937, The Times The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham
- 27 May 1937, The Times He Was Born Gay by Emlyn Williams
- 16 June 1937, The Times The Great Romancer by Jules Eckert Goodman
- 22 June 1937, The Times Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman
- 29 August 1937, The New York Times Juno and the O'Casey
- 7 September 1937, The Times Richard II by William Shakespeare
- 22 September 1937, The Times Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- 10 October 1937, The New York Times More on Time and Mr. Priestley
- 31 October 1937, The New York Times London Views A National Theatre
- 8 November 1937, The Times It's You I Want by Maurice Braddell
- 9 November 1937, The Times Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, in an adaptation by Norman Ginsbury
- 20 November 1937, The Times Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill
- 24 November 1937, The Times Robert's Wife by St. John Ervine
- 26 November 1937, The Times The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- 27 November 1937, The Times Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- 12 December 1937, The New York Times Mourning Becomes Electra
- 23 December 1937, The Times You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
- 28 December 1937, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- 16 January 1938, The New York Times Mailed Fists Across The Sea
- 29 January 1938, The Times Three Sisters by Anton Tchehov translated by Mrs. Constance Garnett
- 5 February 1938, The Times Henry Irving
- 9 February 1938, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare
- 22 February 1938, The Times Disney's Film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- 6 March 1938, The New York Times The Case of Miss Tempest
- 9 April 1938, The Times Power and Glory by Karel Capek
- 20 April 1938, The Times Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
- 22 April 1938, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- 24 April 1938, The New York Times The Circus Has Come To (London) Town
- 28 April 1938, The Times Banana Ridge by Ben Travers
- 4 May 1938, The Times You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw
- 12 May 1938, The Times People of Our Class by St. John Ervine
- 24 May 1938, The Times Yvette Guilbert
- 1 June 1938, The Times Spring Meeting by M. J. Farrell and John Perry
- 5 June 1938, The New York Times Mr. and Mrs. Lunt in London
- 10 August 1938, The Times As You Like It by William Shakespeare
- 24 August 1938, The Times Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie
- 4 September 1938, The New York Times Factual Note on She, Too, Was Young
- 15 September 1938, The Times Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith
- 24 September 1938, The Times Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton and Barbara Burnham
- 7 October 1938, The Times The White Guard adapted by Rodney Ackland from the Russian of Bulgakov
- 16 October 1938, The New York Times London after the Armistice
- 21 December 1938, The Times Under Suspicion by Leslie Harcourt and Basil Dearden
- 27 December 1938, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- 26 January 1939, The Times Design for Living by Noël Coward
- 1 February 1939, The Times The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- 1 February 1939, The Times Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton
- 23 February 1939, The Times Johnson Over Jordan by J.B. Priestley
- 13 April 1939, The Times Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- 14 April 1939, The Times A Woman's Privilege by Margaret Branford
- 21 April 1939, The Times The Women by Clare Boothe
- 30 April 1939, The New York Times Steinbeck in London
- 3 May 1939, The Times Third-Party Risk by Gilbert Lennox and Gisela Ashley
- 19 June 1939, The Times The Greek Theatre
- 20 June 1939, The Times Royal Theatre Of Greece Electra at His Majesty's by Sophocles
- 21 June 1939, The Times Royal Theatre Of Greece Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- 27 June 1939, The Times The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey
- 29 June 1939, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- 16 July 1939, The New York Times John Gielgud: The Melancholy Dane Again
- Indexes
- Indexes
- Indexes
