Word: remenham
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...breach of promise suit. The scene is pure farce of the most extravagant kind and tolerably funny. But it is in keeping neither with the character of the shrewd fortune-hunting woman nor with the tone of the play as a whole. The closing speech where Lady Remenham, a close friend of the family, on being informed of the broken engagement, remarks "Geoffrey, dear, tell them to put up my carriage, I shall stay to lunch"-admirably characterizing as it is-sets the pitch of the entire performance. In such a setting, the ranting of "Mrs. Borridge...
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