Passing Judgments Author:George Jean Nathan THE BOOKS OF GEORGE JEAN NATHAN TESTAMENT OF A CRITIC ART OF THE NIGHT THE HOUSE OF SATAN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ATTITUDE SINCE IBSEN LAND OF THE PILGRIMS PRIDE MONKS ARE MONKS MATERIA CRITICA THE NEW AMERICAN CREDO A BOOK WITHOUT A TITLE COMEDIANS ALL THE POPULAR THEATRE THE CRITIC AND THE DRAMA THE THEATRE, THE DRAMA, THE GIRLS BOTTOMS UP THE... more » WORLD IN FALSEFACE MR. GEORGE JEAN NATHAN PRESENTS ANOTHER BOOK ON THE THEATRE THE INTIMATE NOTEBOOKS OF GEORGE JEAN NATHAN In Collaboration with H. L. Mencken HELIOGABALUS EUROPE AFTER 8 15 THE AMERICAN CREDO Books on George Jean Nathan THE QUINTESSENCE OF NATHANISM by Vladimar Kozlenkp THE THEATRE OF GEORGE JEAN NATHAN by Isaac Goldberg, Ph. D. PASSING JUDGMENTS PASSING L GEORGE JEAN NATHAN ALFRED - A-KNOPF NEW YORK 1935 FIRST EDITION Copyright 1933, 1934, 7935 by George Jean Nathan All rights reserved. No part of this boo may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brie passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America FOR SEAN OCASEY Contents t-5 t-3 i As One Critic to Another 3 ii The American Theatre Today 36 in The Good Old Days 48 iv The Theatre Abroad 57 v Critical Presumptions Theatrical 66 vi Critical Presumptions General 74 vn The Sex Appeal Fiction 104 vm - ONeill 112 ix Summer Theatres 127 x A Trio of Reflections 132 xi - Several Writers for the Theatre and Miss Stein 140 xii - Producers and Productions 177 xin Motion Picture Censorship 196 xiv - The Movies TaJ e Over the Stage 201 xv The Chaplin Buncombe 210 xvi General Remarks 215 PASSING JUDGMENTS« less