Miss Dorothy Sayers' bold attempt to give, a new reading of the classic legend of Faust. and Mephistopheles after a preliminary trial somewhere in the provinees has been brought to His Majesty's Theatre. Its title "The Devil to Pay" and its production is something of an event not only because Miss Sayers, besides invent ing fest class "Whelilers." is a real opens up hope of his ultimate salva-ton.
It is a great idea and in many spects has been greatly worked out. Whether it will succeed, the critics are puzzled to say, though plays with may be called a religious foundation usually do well in London. Think of the enormous success of "The Sign of the Cross." But perhaps Miss Sayers would not feel complimented at being compared with Wilson Barrett,
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