Dear Brutus | Topics for Discussion

1. Why does the play open in a darkened room?

2. Lob is described as a gnome-like character. What would such a character look like, and why does Barrie want Lob to appear gnome-like?

3. Mrs. Coade, who is called "the nicest" of the women in the play by one of the other women, is described by Barrie as keeping about her house a portrait and "certain mementoes" of her husband's first wife. How does such information suggest that she is "nice"?

4. Why are the women planning in act 1 to send a telegram? Why do they not send it?

5. Lady Caroline Laney...

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