31 Plays in 31 Days, #29 - "A New Fancy"

A too long scene that requires having the excess bits cut out from Justin’s story. It’s about adding another layer of complication to the narrative, giving Justin yet another job he’s going to have to accomplish over the course of the story. It also elaborates on the character of Theo, an old schoolfellow of Justin’s, who can be seen in Day #19 - “The Party Met” and Day #25 - “Beheaded”. Theo is our most conventionally Wodehouse archetype of all the characters— he’s our Drone, our hapless and slightly dumb young toff who’s gotten himself into a mess.

I like the ideas in this, but the scene is very long, and there’s a lot of fluff to it that could stand to lose.


Photo by John Benfield

( Day #29 - A New Fancy )