MR. DRINKWATER'S "BIRD IN HAND " [To the Editor of
the SPECTATOR.) .
Sin,—Just a plea for the play that captures and holds the _
atmosphere of any part of our remaining old. England. Mr. Jennings kicks at " local and accidental bores," but . Mr. Drinkwater's Bird in Hand draws attention to the native atmosphere, by inference, which is becoming dispossessed by " accidental bores " who, worse luck, grow incidental to our countrysides. Mr. Jennings says Mr. Drinkwater's Bird in Hand may well attract thcise 'who are longing for another Farmer's Wife. Why not, . while our summer visitors from overseas are here, let, us have Mr. Phillpotts's Dez:onshire Cream just as it was played in its provincial tour then ? One might suggest that Bird in Hand, Devonshire Cream and Shakespeare; at three .different theatres, would be the right complement fo the- rural jaunts for our visitors.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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