Scanned and proofed by Ron Burkey (rburkey@heads-up.com). I have retained all of the original spelling and punctuation from the printed edition. Italicized text is delimited with _underlines_. Footnotes are collected at the end, and are indicated by brackets, thusly: [3]. A good play gives us in miniature a cross-section of life, heightened by plot and characterisation, by witty and compact dialogue. Of course we should honour first the playwright, who has given form to each well knit act and telling scene. But that worthy man, perhaps at this moment sipping his coffee at the Authors' Club, gave his drama its form only; its substance is created by the men and women who, with sympathy, intel…
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