Sex Dramas Well Received Abroad

Two of the most talked of plays in London today will prove of interest to Americans.

"The Vortex" is one of the frankest of sex dramas. It was written by a young actor, Noel Coward, who won Tame over night because of the play and his own performance of a young drug fiend who denounces his mother for her wanton love aïfairs.

"The Vortex" has been brought to America by A. L. Erlanger, and will be produced early in September in New York with the original English company, including, of course, the author.

It is a play showing the seamy side of so-called social life, with an amazing ɛet of degenerate types having almost as many tangled intrigues as a crossword puzzle.

"Fallen Angels" is the other widely discussed play, and it was also written by Noel Coward—who incidentally has to his credit at this writing a remarkable achievement of four shows written by him playing simultaneously in London theaters-three of them dramas and one a musical revue. It differs from most sex plays, however, as it develops an entire act along homusexual lines.