New Plays

Pyramids. What might be considered by the forward-looking the first play of the new season was not very good. It dealt with a handsome wife whose husband stole to buy her pretty clothes. Whereupon he was clapped firmly into jail and she went to live with the villain in the vain hope that his wealthy influence would liberate the unselfish sinner.

Into this obvious melodrama have been woven some sharp moments of suspense. The second and the third acts have many moments in which the edge of the seat is necessary. But the dialog is fearful. It is full of the "Then you have been his woman" type of line and bears a woeful semblance to a mass of cinema subtitles. Carroll McComas, the principal actress, strives valliantly to bring the piece to life.

Honest Liars. The most commanding of comedians would have been in trouble here. Robert Woolsey is only a moderately funny fellow, usually concerning himself with musical comedy. Yet his performance will unquestionably go down as one of the most conscientious of the year. He worked with incredible diligence and in spots succeeded in putting even Honest Liars across. It is a frantic and feeble farce about a sanitarium. A mad group of characters, a pair of twins and an operation combine and recombine rapidly. Most of the jokes were old and none of the complications excruciating.