Best Plays

These are the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important.

SERIOUS

CRAIG'S WIFE -- The tale of a woman who cleaned house so recklessly that her husband went out with the dust.

THE GREAT GOD BROWN--Eugene O'Neill unwinding the devious fabric of two men's minds--two enemies who traded the spirit for cash down.

LULU BELLE--Lenore Ulric in a formidably frank discussion of commercial immorality in a Negro night club.

BRIDE OF THE LAMB -- Wherein religion and sex tangle themselves inextricably in the life of a stupid, small-town wife.

LESS SERIOUS

THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY-- Ina Claire nearing the end of her run in the patent leather comedy of crooks in a London country house.

AT MRS. BEAM'S--A spinster attempts to reform a villain who she believes will eat her alive.

CRADLE SNATCHERS--A rowdy adventure over the week-end with three young men and three not so young women.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST--Oscar Wilde's wit in agile and incisive revival.

WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS-- Likewise revival, this time of Barrie, with Helen Hayes giving probably the best performance of her career.

MUSICAL High notes and low comedy abound effectively in these: The Cocoanuts, The Merry World, Iolanthe, Sunny, The Vagabond King.