It would be neither desirable nor fair for me to make any remarks about the acting. What matter whether it be good or bad, so long as it is real acting in a real play! It would be to miss the point entirely even to praise the players—except for being players on j@ boat which comes to the doors of lonely villages. It is permissible in Paris or in London to criticize, to inquire whether this interpretation is happy and whether that method of enunciation is to be commended. But here on the boat the play's the thing, and if the players have learned sufficiently their business, in the intervals of scrubbing and fishing "ud marketing, to convey a story, to suggest a character, i> bring entertainment to the audience, then there is no need for more.
It should' be observed, however, that there are no stars in this company. They do not try to outshine each other. They all take their share of hard and easy work on. the stage, just as they have taken their, share of hard and easy work in cleaning and steering.
The orchestra consists of a pianist, who will presently appear on the boards, and her husband, who slips in front to play the flute from time to time. During the entr'acte the buffet can be visited—for there is on deck a little cafe.
They have a hazy kind itinerary. Their present tour France will take two years. 1922 they. expect to arrive Strasbourg. of of In at
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