Dramatic Critic

Charles Langbridge Morgan (22 January 1894 - 6 February 1958), was an English-born playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage. The main themes of his work were romantic love, mysticism, and a longing for the timeless and sublime through telling the stories of idealistic and artistic protagonists. On the outbreak of war he Rejoined the navy but was sent with Churchill's Naval Division to the defence of Antwerp. He was interned in Holland which provided the setting for his bestselling novel The Fountain. His first play, The Flashing Stream (1938), had successful runs in London and Paris. The River Line (1952) was originally written as a novel in 1949 and concerned the activities of escaped British prisoners of war in France during World War II. He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1936, a promotion in 1945, and was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1949. From 1953 he was the president of International PEN.

'His reviews exude a fineness and often a brilliance of mind - He could chronicle the careers of Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham and J.B Priestley, see the promise of Terence Rattigan, admire T. S. Eliot and exult in Anton Chekhov's "soul"." Benedict Nightingale, The Times

• Foreword by Roger Morgan ix Introduction by Carole Bourne-Taylor x 7 March 1922, The Times Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen 1 21 December 1923, The Times Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie 2 14 April 1924, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare 3 17 December 1924, The Times The Vortex by Noel Coward 4 27 December 1924, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 5 27 December 1924, The Times Six Cylinder Love by W. Anthony McGuire 7 8 June 1925, West Sussex Gazette The Cherry Orchard by Anton Tchehov 8 14 September 1925, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 10 17 November 1925, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare 11 18 January 1926, The Times Uncle Vanya by Anton Tchehov 12 22 June 1926, The Times Mozart by Sasha Guitry 14 1 July 1926, The Times Rookery Nook by Ben Travers 15 5 October 1926, The Times Love's a Terrible Thing by Frank Stayton 16 13 December 1926, The Times Fellowship of Players 17 13 January 1927, The Times Astoria Theatre 18 25 November 1927, The Times Sirocco by Noel Coward 19 18 December 1927, The New York Times London Boos a Playwright 20 29 January 1928, The New York Times Thomas Hardy 22 14 February 1928, The Times Young Woodley by John Van Druten 24 27 March 1928, The Times An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen 25 28 March 1928, The Times Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen 27 6 July 1928, The Times Six Stokers by Elmer L. Greensfelder 28 11 December 1928, The Times Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff 29 6 March 1929, The Times Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw 30 28 March 1929, The Times Wake Up and Dream by John Hastings Turner 32 11 April 1929, West Sussex Gazette Lights Of London 33 11 April 1929, The Times Porgy by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward 34 28 June 1929, The Times Red Sunday by Hubert Griffith 35 3 July 1929, The Times The First Mrs. Fraser by St. John Ervine 37 20 August 1929, The Times The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw 38 8 September 1929, The New York Times More about Mr. Shaw's Play 40 24 September 1929, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 43 12 October 1929, The Times The Silver Tassie: A Tragi-Comedy by Sean O'Casey 44 19 November 1929, The Times Richard II by William Shakespeare 46 1 December 1929, The New York Times A National Theatre 47 10 December 1929, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 50 8 July 1930, The Times The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 51 15 July 1930, The Times The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Luigi Pirandello 52 19 August 1930, The Times Let Us Be Gay by Rachel Crothers 54 10 September 1930, The Times Street Scene by Elmer Rice 55 15 September 1930, The Times Henry IV (Part I) by William Shakespeare 57 25 September 1930, The Times Private Lives by Noel Coward 58 1 October 1930, The Times The Breadwinner by W. Somerset Maugham 59 CONTENTS 8 November 1930, The Times The Only Way by Freeman Wills and Frederick Langbridge 60 25 November 1930, The Times Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 62 2 December 1930, The Times M. Maurice Chevalier 63 23 December 1930, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 64 7 January 1931, The Times Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 65 4 February 1931, The Times Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill 67 18 February 1931, The Times Hassan by James Elroy Flecker 68 23 February 1931, The Times Hassan at Oxford 70 24 February 1931, The Times Hassan at Oxford 71 28 February 1931, The Times Mr. Chaplin's New Film City Lights 72 3 March 1931, The Times A New Film Of Gallipoli Tell England 74 4 March 1931, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare 75 5 March 1931, The Times Hamlet in London Acting Traditions 76 22 March 1931, The New York Times London, Too, Has An All-Star Hamlet Revival 78 15 May 1931, The Times The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley and Edward Knoblock 80 7 July 1931, The Times Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare 81 13 July 1931, The Times Disturbance by Cyril Campion 82 23 August 1931, The New York Times As a Business and a Profession the Theatre is Undergoing Changes, but the Public Remains Loyal 83 27 August 1931, The Times Counsel's Opinion by Gilbert Wakefield 86 11 February 1932, The Times O. U. D. S. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 87 14 March 1932, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare 89 5 April 1932, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare 91 11 April 1932, The Times The Miracle by Carl Vollmoeller 92 27 June 1932 The Times Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot 95 23 August 1932, The Times Loyalties by John Galsworthy 96 20 September 1932, The Times Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw 97 27 September 1932, The Times The Left Bank by Elmer Rice 98 8 October 1932, The Times Children in Uniform by Christa Winsloe 99 29 November 1932, The Times A Kiss in Spring by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grunwald 100 6 January 1933, The Times Fresh Fields by Ivor Novello 101 7 January 1933, The Times Dinner at Eight by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber 102 27 February 1933, The Times Modern Acting I: Ahead of the Authors 104 28 February 1933, The Times Modern Acting II: A Clash of Styles 107 14 March 1933, The Times All God's Chillun Got Wings by Eugene O'Neill 111 13 May 1933, The Times The Day I Forgot by Elsie Schauffler, from a novel by Mrs. Henry Dudeney 112 16 June 1933, The Times O.U.D.S. Mid-Summer Night's Dream 113 15 September 1933, The Times Sheppey by W. Somerset Maugham 114 29 September 1933, The Times Before Sunset by Gerhart Hauptmann 116 9 January 1934, The Times The Tempest by William Shakespeare 118 8 February 1934, The Times Within the Gates by Sean O'Casey 119 17 February 1934, The Times Conversation Piece by Noel Coward 121 25 March 1934, The New York Times On Learning How to Act 122 4 May 1934, The Times The Voisey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker 124 18 May 1934, The Times Oberammergau Play Modernism and Tradition 125 12 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey I. - The Munich Theatre 129 15 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey II. - Vienna and Salzburg 132 21 June 1934, The Times An Unpolitical Journey IV. - The Mission of France 134 9 September 1934, The New York Times The Late Sir Nigel Playfair 135 14 September 1934, The Times Treasure Island: A Film 137 14 September 1934, The Times Eden End by J.B. Priestley 138 20 September 1934, The Times Moonlight is Silver by Clemence Dane 139 26 September 1934, The Times Josephine From the German of Hermann Bahr by Emlyn Williams 141 9 November 1934, The Times It Happened to Adam by David Boehm 142 15 November 1934, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare 143 2 December 1934, The New York Times The Gielgud Hamlet 144 21 December 1934, The Times The Scarlet Pimpernel A film from Baroness Orczy's novel 146 22 January 1935, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare 147 15 February 1935, The Times Barnet's Folly by Jan Stewer 148 4 April 1935, The Times The Old Ladies adapted by Rodney Ackland from Hugh Walpole's novel 149 6 May 1935, The Times The Flying Trapeze by Douglas Furber from the book by Hans Muller 151 31 May 1935, The Times Golden Arrow by Sylvia Thompson and Victor Cunard 152 1 June 1935, The Times Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams 153 15 June 1935, The Times Anything Goes by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse 154 17 June 1935, The Times Murder in the Cathedral Mr. Eliot's Play 155 22 August 1935, The Times Full House by Ivor Novello 156 14 September 1935, The Times The Harlot by Alfred W. Paxton 157 24 September 1935, The Times Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen 158 18 October 1935, The Times Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 159 20 October 1935, The New York Times Peer Gynt Back Again 160 29 November 1935, The Times Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare 162 27 December 1935, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 163 10 and 14 January 1936, The Times To-Night At 8.30 Three Plays by Noel Coward 164 31 January 1936, The Times The Dog Beneath the Skin by W.H. Auden And Christopher Isherwood 166 12 February 1936, The Times Mr. Chaplin's New Film Modern Times 167 28 February 1936, The Times Pride and Prejudice from Jane Austen's novel by Helen Jerome 169 6 March 1936, The Times Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen 170 10 March 1936, The Times Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen 171 13 March 1936, The Times Lysistrata by Aristophanes English version by Reginald Beckwith and Andrew Cruickshank 172 2 April 1936, The Times Spread it Abroad by Herbert Farjeon Music by William Walker 174 8 April 1936, The Times Baby Austin by B. C. Hilliam 174 24 April 1936, The Times Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffler 175 21 May 1936, The Times The Seagull by Anton Tchehov 177 21 June 1936, The New York Times Of A Hit Called The Seagull 178 12 July 1936, The New York Times Salute to an Actor 180 21 July 1936, The Times The Seagull 181 23 August 1936, The New York Times Why Not a Holiday from The Bard? 182 15 October 1936, The Times Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 183 31 October 1936, The Times Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot 185 5 November 1936, The Times Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffler 186 7 November 1936, The Times French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan 187 2 December 1936, The Times Waste by Harley Granville-Barker 188 4 December 1936, The Times O Mistress Mine by Ben Travers 189 6 January 1937, The Times "Hamlet" In Full by William Shakespeare 190 12 February 1937, The Times As You Like It by William Shakespeare 191 16 February 1937, The Times Macbeth by William Shakespeare 193 24 February 1937, The Times Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 195 27 February 1937, The Times The Ascent of F6 by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood 196 24 March 1937, The Times The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 197 20 May 1937, The Times The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham 198 27 May 1937, The Times He Was Born Gay by Emlyn Williams 200 16 June 1937, The Times The Great Romancer by Jules Eckert Goodman 201 22 June 1937, The Times Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman 202 29 August 1937, The New York Times Juno and the O'Casey 203 7 September 1937, The Times Richard II by William Shakespeare 205 22 September 1937, The Times Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 206 10 October 1937, The New York Times More on Time and Mr. Priestley 207 31 October 1937, The New York Times London Views A National Theatre 209 8 November 1937, The Times It's You I Want by Maurice Braddell 212 9 November 1937, The Times Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, in an adaptation by Norman Ginsbury 212 20 November 1937, The Times Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill 214 24 November 1937, The Times Robert's Wife by St. John Ervine 215 26 November 1937, The Times The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan 217 27 November 1937, The Times Macbeth by William Shakespeare 218 12 December 1937, The New York Times Mourning Becomes Electra 219 23 December 1937, The Times You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 221 28 December 1937, The Times A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 221 16 January 1938, The New York Times Mailed Fists Across The Sea 222 29 January 1938, The Times Three Sisters by Anton Tchehov translated by Mrs. Constance Garnett 224 5 February 1938, The Times Henry Irving 225 9 February 1938, The Times Othello by William Shakespeare 227 22 February 1938, The Times Disney's Film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 228 6 March 1938, The New York Times The Case of Miss Tempest 230 9 April 1938, The Times Power and Glory by Karel Capek 231 20 April 1938, The Times Coriolanus by William Shakespeare 232 22 April 1938, The Times The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 233 24 April 1938, The New York Times The Circus Has Come To (London) Town 234 28 April 1938, The Times Banana Ridge by Ben Travers 236 4 May 1938, The Times You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw 237 12 May 1938, The Times People of Our Class by St. John Ervine 238 24 May 1938, The Times Yvette Guilbert 239 1 June 1938, The Times Spring Meeting by M. J. Farrell and John Perry 240 5 June 1938, The New York Times Mr. and Mrs. Lunt in London 241 10 August 1938, The Times As You Like It by William Shakespeare 242 24 August 1938, The Times Tobias and the Angel by James Bridie 243 4 September 1938, The New York Times Factual Note on She, Too, Was Young 244 15 September 1938, The Times Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith 244 24 September 1938, The Times Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton and Barbara Burnham 246 7 October 1938, The Times The White Guard adapted by Rodney Ackland from the Russian of Bulgakov 247 16 October 1938, The New York Times London after the Armistice 248 21 December 1938, The Times Under Suspicion by Leslie Harcourt and Basil Dearden 249 27 December 1938, The Times Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 251 26 January 1939, The Times Design for Living by Noel Coward 252 1 February 1939, The Times The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 253 1 February 1939, The Times Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton 255 23 February 1939, The Times Johnson Over Jordan by J.B. Priestley 256 13 April 1939, The Times Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 257 14 April 1939, The Times A Woman's Privilege by Margaret Branford 258 21 April 1939, The Times The Women by Clare Boothe 259 30 April 1939, The New York Times Steinbeck in London 260 3 May 1939, The Times Third-Party Risk by Gilbert Lennox and Gisela Ashley 262 19 June 1939, The Times The Greek Theatre 263 20 June 1939, The Times Royal Theatre Of Greece Electra at His Majesty's by Sophocles 264 21 June 1939, The Times Royal Theatre Of Greece Hamlet by William Shakespeare 265 27 June 1939, The Times The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey 266 29 June 1939, The Times Hamlet by William Shakespeare 267 16 July 1939, The New York Times John Gielgud: The Melancholy Dane Again 268 Indexes Index of Names 271 Index of