Edwina Black a drama in three acts Author:william dinner and william morum Edwina Black (2 males; 2 females) — Story of the play: — "Edwina Black" is a psychological melodrama about a wealthy wife who, at her death, leaves her fortune to her impoverished school-teacher husband and her former companion, though she had known they were having an affair during her illness. When the local doctor expresses doubt to Scotland Y... more »ard about the circumstances of her demise, things begin to pop.
The companion not only accuses the husband of murdering his wife, but of attempting to kill her as well. He in turn, insists that she did the horrendous deed and is merely seeking to clear herself at his expense. Throughout the proceedings stalks a dour housekeeper, who had loved her former mistress deeply.« less