Vol. 2 No. 1 - Modernist Magazines Project

MICHAEL FARRELL 84
commandeered employers to accept his presence, to believe
in Kubinsky, and he has the manager's daughter adorning
his absurd pinnacle. It is all kept in tune. And Big
Business ends by revering him as a genius known to Finance
for years. The satire is a bubbly balloon. Three acts.
Two interiors. Amateur fee 5 guineas. Price of play 2/6.
Eleven men, 2 women. Runs about 2 hours.
I KILLED THE COUNT by FREDERICK LONSDALE
Quite an effective thriller-detective. Disgusting Count
is dead in his flat. Many characters, amusing, humorous,
flippant, are under suspicion. Three confess, giving
motives. Crime re-enacted 3 times, each time differently.
Finally another confession. British humour and characterisation
of the quiet kind. Probably the next best thing
to a good melodrama. Three acts. One interior throughout.
Fee 5 guineas (for amateurs). Play 2/6. Ten males,
3 women. Modern.
MARIGOLD by L. ALLEN HARKER and F. R. PRYOR
Romantic, nay, sentimental, costume comedy. Charming
figure of Marigold running off to Edinburgh in 1842 ;
her separated parents ; her pompous suitor ; her bold but
bashful subaltern ; her lovable guardian. It is always
uncommonly successful, this play, and there is no reason
why it should not be, Plenty of humour (pawky perhaps
but all right). Fee 3 guineas ; play 2/6. This graceful
play has an air and has 6 female parts—bless it. Eight
men. Lovely dresses, etc., and needs only 2 settings,
bless it. Runs a full course of 4 acts, bless it ! Could
anyone do better for you than this ?
I ought to say that I was about to omit one of these
plays on the advice of the ' very reasonable men/ when
news came that two different groups, now rehearsing the
play, are € filled with astonishment and delight.' Can you
guess which play I mean ? (It is the second on the list.)