1.   A Shakespeare play is about motives and predicaments and feelings and personalities that are instantly familiar.

2.   After Troilus and Cressida almost any play is a relief, even the brothel scenes of Pericles.

3.   But, on the dodges and self-Deceptions of role reversal, this play is indefatigably predictable.

4.   Contrary to expectations, the play was a big success.

5.   Cricketing authorities ruled ticket money could only be reclaimed if there was no play.

6.   Essentially, the play is a polemic on the judicial system.

7.   Hardy took a keen interest in their production, although, with two exceptions, the plays themselves were not his work.

8.   Her first play was a critical success.

9.   I thought the play was, dare I say it, boring.

10.   If his past plays are anything to go by, this should be a play worth watching.