The Red Light of Mars; or, A Day in the Life of the Devil: A Philosophical ComedyBronson-Howard, George
Philosophy
The Red Light of Mars; or, A Day in the Life of the Devil: A Philosophical Comedy
Bronson-Howard, George
Devil -- Drama; Long Island (N.Y.) -- Drama
Since then he has written more stories, three romances—one of which
so far has only been published in Germany—essays, plays, criticism,
musical _revues_, etc. He has acted as play reader for the late Henry
B. Harris, as dramatic editor on _Smith’s Magazine_, as dramatic critic
on the New York _Morning Telegraph_, as vaudeville impresario at Paris,
and as librettist for the Winter Garden at New York. He has dramatized
a novel and novelized a play. He has lived at London, Baltimore, New
York, Paris, and Nice—to settle down at last in a house of his own at
Belleterre, Port Jefferson, Long Island.
So far Mr. Bronson-Howard has a dozen plays of every conceivable
type to his credit, some of them being wholly his own and some being
written in collaboration with others. Most of these works have already
been produced, some with marked success, and others are scheduled for
performance in the immediate future. Thus, for instance, “The Red Light
of Mars” will be staged by H. H. Frazee during the season of 1913-14.
There are two qualities that seem to characterize all of Mr.
Bronson-Howard’s dramatic productions: a keen perception of the
demands and possibilities of the stage, and a shrewdly humorous grasp
of human nature. His command of stagecraft is so facile that at
times it strikes the critic as a danger to his art. And it has the
faults as well as the merits generally accompanying such facility. He
would probably be much surprised if he heard himself referred to as a
“psychologist”—and yet that is just what he is, in his own practical,
intuitive, American way. With these two qualities, which provide for
the framework of his art, goes, as its informing and directing spirit,
a strong inclination to “side with the under dog.”
EDWIN BJÖRKMAN.
LIST OF PLAYS BY GEORGE BRONSON-HOWARD
THE ONLY LAW (with Wilson Mizner), 1909;
SPRING TIME (with Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon (Wilson)), 1910;
SNOBS, 1911;
AN ENEMY TO SOCIETY (with Wilson Mizner), 1911;
RHETT MARYL, 1912;
THE REEF (with David Belasco), 1912;
THE RED LIGHT OF MARS, 1913.
THE RED LIGHT OF MARS
OR
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE DEVIL
A PHILOSOPHICAL COMEDY
PERSONS
(in order of appearance)
THOMAS VANILLITY, B. Sc., LL.D., M.A. (_Oxon_)
THE HON. HIPPOLYTE CRITTY, _Judge of Special Sessions_
JOHN MAGNUS _Of Magnus & Co., Bankers_
WILLIAM TROMPER _Manager Magnus Steel Works_
MRS. HORACE HENRY FELIX
FANNY FELIX _Her daughter_
A VALET
H. ADDINGTON AGNUS, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
NOEL ONFROY, R.A. _Chevalier Légion d’honneur_
THE LIGHT
TOPLISS _A servant_
DOLL BLONDIN _A show-girl_
SCHWARTZENHOPFEL _An anarchist_
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