Mr. Barrie's short, ope-act mystery play, "Shall We Join the Ladies," playing at the Copley this week, is supported by a rather entertaining, yet very light comedy of Karl Goetz, entitled "Isabel."

"Isabel," first on the program, is an extravagant comedy of Wildean wit, which professes to have no aim or purpose except to entertain. The play opens in the middle of nowhere and rambles through three quite amusing acts, ending in the air. Philip Tonge, taking the part of the husband whose imaginative wife becomes interested in another man, is well qualified for the part, and his portrayal of an absent minded professor was received with much enthusiasm. A long third act is made possible by brilliant dialogue and a comical drunken scene. At the end, the caste of five receives much applause from a well satisfied audience. The problem we expect to be worked out for us is left unsolved, yet we are not disappointed for the plot of the whole play is insignificant in comparison to the cleverness of the dialogue throughout.

"Shall We Join the Ladies" is a tense, well acted mystery, which gives the audience a taste of real drama. An atmosphere of superstition and terror is created at the outset by the discovery that 13 people are seated about the table. Mr. Clive, taking the role of host, entertains a group that he suspects to have had a hand in the hideous murdering of his brother. He puts them through a horrible evening, yet we know no more at the end than at the beginning. The whole act is merely to produce dramatic effect, and certainly is successful in its aim