17 MARCH 1923, Page 22

The Men in Possession : a - Farce in Three Acts

; and Cough- Water: a Farce in One Act. By J. Bernard MacCarthy. (Dublin : Gill. Is. 6d. each.)

These plays are very suitable for amateur production as the setting is simple in milt case. The author is a skilful manipu- lator of a ical idea; and the humour is evenly distributed —there air& dull patches.