The play grew out of an argument with Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
(Daviot's friend since they met on the set of Richard of Bordeaux) about Mary Stuart
's character. (At that time Daviot sided with Elizabeth of England
Literary responses
Josephine Tey
The play was a moderate success, and ran for just over one hundred performances.
Bargainnier, Earl F., editor. 10 Women of Mystery. Bowling Green State University Popular Press.
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The Punch reviewer praised it for its effect of well-pondered apprehended reality, which gave the spectator the impression of being...
Publishing
Josephine Tey
Daviot wrote this play in 1936, and sent the script to John Gielgud
, who liked [it] very much except for the last act, but this she was not willing to change.
Gielgud, Sir John, and Josephine Tey. “Foreword”. Plays by Gordon Daviot, Peter Davies, p. ix - xii.
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It was...
Textual Production
Josephine Tey
The other volumes of the set appeared in 1954. Her plays were a special focus of her concern for posthumous publication: her will instructed her agent to pay for their printing out of her estate...