The Flaw (play) explained

The Flaw
Place:	Criterion Theatre, Sydney
Orig Lang:	English
Genre:	melodrama

The Flaw is a 1923 Australian play by Doris Egerton Jones and Emélie Polini.^[1]

The play was a collaboration between Polini, who provided the original idea, and Jones, who was responsible for construction.^{[2] [3]}

It was given a professional production at a time when that was very rare for Australian plays.^[4] This production was very popular and toured through Australia and New Zealand.^{[5] [6]}

Premise

A man is working himself into ill health to provide for his family. His wife is visited by the wife's first husband who she thought was killed in the war. The first husband tries to blackmail the wife by getting her to reveal her first husband's invention. The wife resorts to murder.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Suzanne Edgar, 'Jones, Doris Egerton (1889–1973)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jones-doris-egerton-6870/text11903, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 24 August 2023.
2. News: AUTHORESS OF "THE FLAW" . . 13,645 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 February 1923 . 24 August 2023 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: AN ADELAIDEAN'S SUCCESS . . 11 . 565 . South Australia . 10 March 1923 . 24 August 2023 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
4. Book: Rees, Leslie. 154. Towards An Australian Drama. 1953 .
5. News: VISITING ADELAIDE . . LXXXVIII . 25,649 . South Australia . 13 March 1923 . 24 August 2023 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: AUSTRALIA'S LEADING WOMAN DRAMATIST . . 3256 . Victoria, Australia . 2 October 1930 . 24 August 2023 . 22 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: AROUND THE SHOWS . . 1930 . New South Wales, Australia . 28 January 1923 . 24 August 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: "The Flaw." . . 20,478 . Queensland, Australia . 10 September 1923 . 24 August 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.