Too much money

One week production prior to London season. 'is fresh and novel in style and cull of clean and clever witticisms. The farce is made the medium of gently satirical thrusts at the new aesthetics and the art of money-making, but a more serious purpose pervades it and the wider sphere of women as voters is introduced. Mr Zangwill in lighter vein is somewhat of a novelty in these days, but his effort is happy and ingenious' (Aberdeen Journal, 1 March 1918). After a season in the provinces, "Too Much Money" goes south to win London's approval. No doubt there are reasons for a reversal of programme eo complete. Like the Tank, it may find in the Metropolis a hearty endorsement of provincial views. It ought really to find more, for it has in it everything that London makes a fuss about—a flippant and brilliant satire, complete novelty in story and construction, a farce as clever as one cares to have it, But it is no disparagement of provincial tastes to say that though the cleverness of it all is thoroughly appreciated, a more substantial meal would "last out" the night better. Ami the on'ly solidity about the fare, after all, lies in the author's championing of the feminine movement, though in a manner so delicately slight that the audience has vigorously to suck all the bones of the play before getting to the flavour of the solid ingredient "Too much Monev is by Mr Israel Zangwill, and in not a bit like what we know of him. The serious purpose of his writings is almost Lost in the maze of light wit which envelops the play, and the main satisfaction to be drawn from it is that much bigger effort has not blunted the. wit and humour of the author. (Aberdeen Journal 5 March 1918)