17 MAY 1924, Page 11

The collaboration between Mr. Aldous Huxley and the original author

of two centuries ago—Mrs. Sheridan—worked smoothly. The Discovery, as it was acted, certainly had some faults. It was, for instance, a little long, and some of the acting was distinctly insipid. But, on the other hand, some of the acting was extremely good, much of the play witty, and all of it urbane and distinguished, while the characterization was often admirable.

Mr. Richard Hughes's fantastic Welsh play, A Comedy of Good and Evil, is to be the next production. It is a pla3 which well deserves a trial. It is extremely original and flu work of a young and vigorous writer. TARN.

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