+ Booklist 17:32 O ’20
“The book is earnest, realistic and very well written, the emotional and dramatic portions of it getting a real hold on the reader’s imagination. It is an unpretentious volume, and a very moving, very interesting one.”
+ N Y Times 25:307 Je 13 ’20 400w
“Vividness of characters and a keen study of human emotions under abnormal strain, are the more noticeable traits of ‘William—an Englishman.’”
+ Springf’d Republican p11a Je 27 ’20 300w
HAMILTON, CLAYTON MEEKER. Seen on the stage. *$1.75 (3c) Holt 792
20–21431
The author wishes this informal collection of essays to be considered as a suffix to his other books on the theatre. In the first paper, “Life and the theatre,” he quotes the Athenians who regarded our world as “the valley of soulmaking” and states that the aim of art should be to provide a sense of life for men who, in themselves, are not sufficiently alive to create art by their very living. Some of the other papers are: Personal greatness on the stage; Hero-worship in the drama; Acting and impersonation; The laziness of Bernard Shaw; Satire on the American stage; Le Théâtre du Vieux Colombier; In praise of puppet-theatres; Understanding the Russians; Ibsen once again; The Jewish art-theatre; Booth Tarkington as a playwright; The Athenian drama and the American audience; A reminiscence of the Middle Ages—Guibour; Edmond Rostand. The book is indexed.
+ Booklist 17:144 Ja ’21