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Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This is being advertised as being by Mr Knoblauch - his name is not on the script. Somebody on the stage announces that Mr Playfair and Miss Haye will oblige with a sketch. Both rise in the audience and explain they had made a mistake about the date. However, they agree to try and go up on the stage. Then they quarrel and Miss Haye takes Mr Playfair in by pretending she has lost a ring. No doubt they will be amusing - but Mr Knoblauch, on this occasion, is not. Recommended for Licence. G. S. Street

Researcher's Summary:

The author Edward Knoblauch, who was born in New York, changed his surname to Knoblock later in 1916 when he became a naturalised British subject (The Era, 6 September 1916).