New Play in Manhattan

Case History (by Louis S. Bardoly; produced by James Troup) was written by a doctor, produced with the backing of a dozen of his colleagues, and deals with a medical theme. It tells of a fervent Christian Scientist who, when her step-daughter becomes ill, employs a Christian Science healer and will not call in a doctor until it is too late.

Crudely written, Case History is chiefly interesting as the first play in the U. S. theatre to launch a heavy-artillery attack on the healing claims of Christian Science. In other fields the Church of Christ, Scientist has fought all adverse criticism tooth & nail, caused the revision of magazine articles, driven books off the shelves of public libraries. But the day after Case History opened, B. Palmer Lewis, of the Church's New York State Committee on Publication, commented: "This is just a very little play. ... I don't think I'll do anything about it." Possibly very unfavorable reviews had saved Scientist Lewis the trouble.

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