Last month I borrowed from my library a book entitled “Famous Plays of 1932-33." Though half the size of the average Omnibus Volume, it contained six plays and more than 700 pages. 

To one who lives in a small town, the chance of seeing either good plays or competent acting is small, and it is only on occasional excursions to London that one can keep in touch with modern drama. So I was glad to find here not only "Service", which I had seen, but "Strange Orchestra” by Rodney Ackland, and "Behold we live", by Van Druten each one providing an evening's entertainment in itself. 

Lest we should grow insular, the compilers have included a New Yerk success “Counsellor~at-Law" (Elmer Rice), and it is interesting to note subtle differences of dialogue and outlook between the countries. 

It must be admitted, however, that the most impressive contents are two German plays, both translated, "Children in Uniform" and “Miracle at Verdun." The first gives a realistic picture of a Prussian school where girls are trained to be mothers of soldiers by a life of rigid suppression. The second, in which a company of French and German dead return to life to find their countries still glorifying war, and squabbling in conferences, gives almost too much food for thought.

Six plays by one's own fireside. No waiting in queues, no tickets, no taxes, but all for -3d, How's that, umpire?