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ROSTAND
CHANTECLER
IN view of the progress the modern drama
has made as an interpreter of social ideas and
portrayer of the human struggle against internal
and external barriers, it is difficult to
say what the future may bring in the way of great
dramatic achievement. So far, however, there is
hardly anything to compare with "Chantecler" in
philosophic depth and poetic beauty.
Chantecler is the intense idealist, whose mission
is light and truth. His soul is aglow with deep
human sympathies, and his great purpose in life
is to dispel the night. He keeps aloof from
mediocrity; indeed, he has little knowledge of his
immediate surroundings. Like all great vision
aries, Chantecler is human, "all too human";
therefore subject to agonizing soul depressions and
doubts. Always, however, he regains confidence
and strength when he is close to the soil; when
he feels the precious sap of the earth surging
through his being. At such times he feels the
mysterious power that gives him strength to pro-
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