25 APRIL 1914, Page 11

LORD CLIVE.

Lord Clive : a Drama in Five Acts. By T. S. Krishna Aigar: (Trichinopoly: St. Joseph's Industrial School Press. ls.-12 annas.)—Mr. Krishna Aigar's play has many faults, judged from the standpoint of the naturalistic drama, and, owing to its partially Western dress, it is occasionally difficult for the reader to remember that it is in fact absurd to judge it from that standpoint at all It belongs to the formal Eastern theatre, and, if this be borne in mind, the reader will see that the play has certain good points. The spirit in which it is written is, at any rate, exceedingly flattering to British rule. We cannot help wishing that Mr. Krishna Aigar bad given us more of his own work and less of a kind of "quotation conglomerate."