Notes

No new plays opened in Manhattan last week. This is the dull season, when actors appear in Chautauqua, visit friends at the seashore, toil in stock companies, or sail for Europe. But the week was not without theatrical news of interest:

Gold Plaques. Dramatic Critic Frank Vreeland of the New York Telegram, onetime (1924) dramatic critic of TIME the weekly newsmagazine, ascended the stage of the Guild Theatre after the first act of the Monday performance of The Second Man, made a speech, presented two prizes. They were gold plaques awarded by the Morning Telegraph (New York) to the actor and actress who, in the opinions of Manhattan daily newspaper critics, gave the best performances of the year. The winners: Miss Pauline Lord for her work in Sandalwood, Mariners; Alfred Lunt, for his work in Juarez and Maximilian, Ned McCobb's Daughter, The Second Man. Actresses honorably mentioned in the critics' ballots: Alice Brady (Sour Grapes, The Witch, Lady Alone, The Thief), Ruth Gordon (Saturday's Children), Rose McClendon (In Abraham's Bosom), Helen Menken (The Captive), Ethel Barrymore (The Constant Wife), Lynn Fontanne (Pygmalion, The Second Man), Jane Cowl (The Road To Rome), Blanche Yurka (The Squall). Actors honorably mentioned: Walter Huston (The Barker), Frank Wilson (In Abraham's Bosom), Morgan Farley (An American Tragedy), Lee Tracey (Broadway), Holbrook Blinn (The Play's the Thing), E. G. Robinson (Brothers Karamazov, Juarez and Maximilian).

Revival. Murray Phillips will soon present a revival of Madame X. This was a favorite vehicle of Sarah Bernhardt, Ethel Terry and many another famed tragedienne. When Pauline Frederick returned to the legitimate theatre in England recently, she chose it for her play, was rewarded with an ovation (TIME, March 14). In the present revival Carroll McComas will play the title role, supported by Rex Cherryman, late of The Noose cast.

Repertory. Eva Le Gallienne announced the following new plays for her next season's program: The Good Hope, from the Dutch by Herman Heijermans; Two Plus Two Make Five, from the Danish by Gustav Weid; Invitation au Voyage, by Jean Jacques Bernard; a U. S. comedy not yet selected; Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, in which Clare Eames, formerly with the Theatre Guild (Ned McCobb's Daughter, Juarez and Maximilian) will alternate in the title role with Miss Le Gallienne.