This play doesn't exactly rise to the level of, say, Twelfth Night, but it's really a better play than, I think, the author gave it credit for. As I understand it, White didn't particularly like this play and didn't allow reprinting. I assume Virago Press and White's daughters are adhering to this wish – unfortunately, because it would be worthy of a Virago VMC reprint.

The copy I have is one I stumbled across on ABE quite several years ago and just recently got around to reading. It's a WITHDRAWN copy from the City of Liverpool Public Libraries, published by Samuel French Ltd (1947) in French's Acting Edition No. 1135. A paste-on reads

Subsequently to publication, this play has been licensed by the Lord Chamberlain on the understanding that no performance/s is/are given unless the following lines from page 20 are omitted.

"How about Miss Bixby? You done your duty to-day?" To-day and every day I trust. To the best of my ability, that is. That's a good girl."

The "duty" to which the Lord Chamberlain's censorship refers is Miss Bixby's urination/defecation in the bathroom! (The paste-on's text is not precisely that of the script, omitting the names of the actors/soeakers, which is a bit confusing.) ( )