Word: askew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giving his wife grounds 'for divorce (among other things, she demolished his excellent wine cellar). His method involves a hotel room and a hired trollop, with whom he retires in full view of the audience. The farcical exploits of a crew of blackmailers nearly cause things to go askew, but Mr. Hodge at length avoids the dilemmas which, as playwright, he has devised for himself. That portion of the Hodge public which enjoys rather obvious double-meanings and bedchamber goings-on will have a good time...