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This play shows us the inside of a shady lawyer's office, though never the inside of his shady mind. We are at a loss to find out why he practises his chicaneries, and this should be, I feel, the substance of his play. The chief character, besides Harlington, is Mrs Midgley, an eccentric client of considerable means. If she gets her comedy from rather obvious sources, Mrs Midgley is the first character Mr Evans has created who can interest us as a person. I confess, however, that the conclusion of the play baffled me. The lawyer, having embezzled his client's funds faces ruin, but is saved by Mrs Midgley from the grave. She leaves him ten thousand pounds, thus turning the play into a fairy tale, with the deceased client as Fairy Queen ex machina. |
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