Word: craige
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...CRAIG'S WIFE-A sharply etched outcry against women who do not allow their husbands to smoke in the drawing room...
...Churchill rested at Belfast, the guest of Premier Sir James Craig of Ulster, he may well have recalled the day 14 years ago when Ulstermen rioted against the militant First Sea Lord whom they acclaimed in his peaceful guise of Chancellor last week...
...CRAIG'S WIFE?A native narrative of a woman who loved her home to death...
...pivot, Mrs. Craig, is the familiar type of woman who worships meticulously at the shrine of her Lares and Penotes. These household gods are her all, and it follows that she spends at least a third of her rather selfish life in preserving the domestic perfection of every absurd detail. The author, by taking a small, self-centered soul and depicting its fussy quirks with well-seasoned finesse, has converted her into an entertaining dramatic study...
...reading a play, it is easy to miss the force of characterization. "Craig's Wife" is not a notable exception. Nevertheless its dramatis personnae are depicted trenchantly even for reading; they never become mere ectoplasmic silhouettes. The play is a good one; it has inherent dramatic essence. If it does not place Mr. Kelly in the upper hierarchy of the American Theatre, at least it will strengthen his growing reputation...