The play received mixed responses. The most enthusiastic review came from J. T. Grein
, founder of the Independent Theatre Society
, in the Westminster Gazette: The miracle of miracles! Here we have upon...
Sturgeon, Mary. Michael Field. G. G. Harrap, 1922.
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Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray, 1933.
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Reception
Michael Field
George Meredith
thought the play would act well but added this criticism: I do not find in your dramatic prose the complete ring that there is in the sound and volume of your blank verse...
Timeline
February 1891: Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein founded...
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February 1891
Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein
founded the Independent Theatre Society
in London to promote literary rather than commercial plays, and the new drama in particular.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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McDonald, Jan. The ’New Drama’ 1900-1914. Grove Press, 1986.