Three Plays

Read "The Dover Road" after seeing a good review of it elsewhere. Some cleverness to it, of course, since it's A.A. Milne, but not really all that great. A gentleman...probably middle-aged...lives near a road frequently traveled by eloping couples. He takes it upon himself to always ensure that they have an "accident" out on the road and must stay the night at his house. Then he endeavors to show them what it would be like to live every-day life with their betrothed (the trials of the common cold and the irritations of the breakfast table, for instance), so that they can either back out before it's too late, or else be sure that it's a good idea. A funny plot idea on the surface, but the people dealt with in this story are already show more married and each is hoping for a divorce and trying to run off with somebody else. No real affection anywhere. But then this wasn't billed as a romance, just a comedy, so the fact that there's not really a long-term resolution isn't supposed to matter. show less