PLAYS AND ACTORS

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3719, 16 November 1926, Page 7

PLAYS AND ACTORS

A EOKT’S CRITICISM. “STHiL GAGGING BKLILND” “ Tlio level of acting „ii the English stage has nut improved since the days when actors ceased to, he vagabonds” (says Mr Osbort Sitwell, the society poet, who recently raised a storm ol protest over his attack on actors and actresses for their sporting proclivities. “ it is still lagging hehiiul the nineteenth century,” Mr Sitwell adds, “ and exhibits no new features, except an increased Americanism due to the incapacity of the Kiijglish stage compared with the A merman, and also a steady deterioriation in stage audibility. . “Hut considering the imbecility ol many of I lie plays produced, perhaps wo ought to be grateful for that because they are breaking l.ondon of the theatre-going habit.”