It appeared, therefore, in two acts; and one kindly critic
embarrassed us by saying that a lesser artist would have written it
in three acts, and most of the other critics annoyed us by saying
that a greater artist would have written it in one act. However, I
amused myself some months later by slaying another character--the
office-boy, no less--thereby getting it down to one act, and was
surprised to find that the one-act version was, after all, the
best... At least I think it is. ... At any rate, that is the
version I am printing here; but, as can be imagined, I am rather
tired of the whole business by now, and I am beginning to wonder if
anyone ever did take the name of Wurzel-Flummery at all. Probably
the whole thing is an invention.
The Lucky One was doomed from the start with a name like that. And
the girl marries the wrong man. I see no hope of its being
produced. But if any critic wishes to endear himself to me (though
I don't see why he should) he will agree with me that it is the
best play of the five.
The Boy Comes Home was produced by Mr. Owen Nares at the Victoria
Palace in September, 1918, introduced afterwards into Hallo,
America! at the Palace, and played by Mr. Godfrey Tearle at the
Coliseum in the following April.
Belinda was produced by Mr. Dion Boucicault at the New Theatre in
April, 1918, with Miss Irene Vanbrugh in the name-part.
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