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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Plays, Acting and Music, by Arthur SymonsA DOUBLE ENIGMA When it was announced that Mrs. Tree was to give a translation of "L'Enigme" of M. Paul Hervieu at Wyndham's Theatre, the play was announced under the title "Which?" and as "Which?" it appeared on the placards. Suddenly new placards appeared, with a new title, not at all appropriate to the piece, "C�r's Wife." Rumours of a late decision, or indecision, of the censor were heard. The play had not been prohibited, but it had been adapted to more polite ears. But how? That was the question. I confess that to me the question seemed insoluble. Here is the situation as it exists in the play; nothing could be simpler, more direct, more difficult to tamper with. Two brothers, Raymond and G�rd de Gourgiran, are in their country house, with their two wives, Giselle and L�ore, and two guests, the old Marquis de Neste and the young M. de Vivarce. The brothers surprise Vivarce on the stairs: was he coming from the room of Giselle or of L�ore? The women are summoned; both deny everything; it is impossible for the audience, as for the husbands, to come to any conclusion. A shot
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