"The Law Divine"
A comedy written around war scenes, if having any merit at all, could not but prove a success during war time, but it would be quite incorrect to imagine that that is the only reason for the success of "The Law Divine." The plot centres round the fact of a woman's war work growing so much upon her that she overlooks the calls of home and husband. It could well happen with other things than war work, or with a man instead of a woman and so the interest remains, and Mr. Thorpe Mayne and tne rest of the talented company, must have appreciated the generous and evidently genuine applause they received.
Again it was Miss Joan Mayne (as the neglectful wife) and Mr. Thorpe Mayne (as the neglected husband) who bore the brunt of the work and they were as good ever. Mr. Tom Fenwick, as their soldier son, did better than in any piece so far and his midshipman companion, Mr. Dudley Howarth, was as breezy and natural as ever. The other parts were small, but Miss Marjory Clark and' Miss Beatrix Wynn did very well with what little they had.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.