New Plays in Manhattan

The Woman of Bronze. Seeing this revival of Margaret Anglin's onetime success is like reading last year's almanac. It is not ancient enough to be antique or new enough to be curious, or great enough for the decades. It is just faded. There are offered in stock: 1) an artist, married but fascinated by his model, 2) a wife, married to the artist and ready to "fight for him," 3) a model, beautiful but not for long. In the end the artist comes back home. Most interest attaches to Miss Anglin, who, dedicated in the past to the Greek tragedy in outdoor theatres, brings an austere recitation to her indoor lines.

Talk About Girls is a summer musical show, advertised by an honest press agent as "better than most," which is no panegyric. There are two impecunious fellows who masquerade in Lower Falls, Mass., as captains of industry. They are soothingly played these hot days by Andrew Tombes and Russell Mack. During their pretentious sojourn in the small town they become involved in a water power deal of large proportions, and love. The comedy consists of scrambling out of the mess of presumptions on the day of reckoning with a whole face and heart. From this the reader may have guessed that the show is based on James Gleason's onetime farce vehicle, Like a King. The leg work is good, the singing terrible.