“Though neither so interesting or so important as the play itself, the introduction by which Mr. Bennett prefaces his work is a discourse full of pointed remarks about the present state of the drama, the bad business of which all theatrical managers complain, the inexhaustible growth in the younger generation of new expectations from the theatre, and the promise of new spirit in play-writing. Mr. Bennett holds that the boards of the future will belong to those who follow in the wake of Mr. Bernard Shaw. His piece, accordingly, an ably-constructed, well-observed, interesting and thoughtful play of four acts, in plain, modern prose, without any sort of smart dialogue, other theatrical ornaments, treats its theme as that writer might be expected to treat it were he less witty and less ironical than at his best he is.... The play reads well, and reads as if it would prove still more effective and enjoyable when acted. The stage would be healthier if such pieces were more commonly to be seen there than they are.”—_The Scotsman._ ---------------------------------------------------------------- =FRANK PALMER, Red Lion Court, London.= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text that: was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_); was in bold by is enclosed by “equal” signs (=bold=).