The Woman Pays - Back

The play is rich in dramatic and humorous situations, and a large audience was not slow to show its appreciation of the production. ('Liverpool Echo', 7 September 1915, p. 4)

The true to life play.... ('Walsall Advertiser', 30 October 1915, p. 4)

An interesting drama......The woman who is the heroine of the piece does not, as it turns out, pay back in the ordinary sense, but returns evil for good, whereat "The gods" are greatly pleased. ('Western Morning News', 16 November 1915, p. 4)

Twice nightly

Twice nightly for 3 nights

Mary Austin and Co. Twice nightly.

Twice nightly.

Twice nightly. Matinee on Tuesday. A heroine who scarcely attains the customary exalted pinnacle of virtue, and who has a good deal of the spitfire in her nature, is a novelty in melodrama, and this and other touches of originality make the play, "The Woman Pays - Back," quite an acceptable piece. ... The authoress, however, does not get completely away from the commonplace lines of a certain type of melodrama, and she relies upon such old material as the theft of jewels, blackmail, fraud, and other treachery as a setting for the story.... How [the young girl] pays back her betrayer, is quite an exciting chapter. ('Yorkshire Evening Post', 30 May 1916, p. 3)

'The play is smartly written, the villainy is human and credible instead of the usual stupidly motiveless crime, there is genuine humour, and the situations do not overtax the audience's credulity.' ('Huddersfield Daily Examiner', 8 August 1916, p. 2)

Twice nightly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Thursday and Friday "The Cotton Spinner". ('Shields Daily News', 13 September 1916, p. 1)

The wrong done to women by members of the opposite sex has been the theme of innumerable dramas. In "The Women Pays - Back", presented at the Alexandra Theatre this week, there is a reversal of the usual position, as the title of the play suggests. A deeply-wronged typist sets out to avenge herself for the harsh treatment meted out to her by her former employer, and demonstrates that men cannot always get their own way. ('Birmingham Daily Post, Tuesday 10 October 1916, p. 7)