Edward

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This is a clever little domestic drama, written round the unconfessed suspicions of a mother as to the cause of the absence of her son Edward from the modest supper-party which she is giving in honour of his fiancee. Edward is a bank-clerk who, as has been shown by his recent presents to his sweetheart, is just now particularly flush of money, and whose manner has seemed rather odd of late. The casual remarks of one of his colleagues, who has arrived at the house before him evidently suggest to his mother's imagination that Edward may have been tempted to embezzle: and this suggestion is confirmed by other ingeniously-devised circumstances, which, however, have no meaning for the other guests at the table. The consequence is that when a telegram arrives the mother - like the audience - fears the worst; and is proportionately relieved to find that Edward's absence and delay are due to his having left the bank for a better post on a newspaper, his articles in which have helped to build up the suspicions against him. The false scent is skilfully laid and followed. Recommended for License. A. Bendall