Note 47 — A NIGHT AT AN INN[45] A PLAY IN ONE ACT By LORD DUNSANY

When, at a later date, Lord Dunsany saw the production of A Night at an Inn at The Neighborhood Playhouse, the effect of the play "exceeded his own expectations, and he was surprised to note the thrill which it communicated to his audience. 'It's a very simple thing,' he said,—'merely a story of some sailors who have stolen something and know that they are followed. Possibly it is effective because nearly everybody, at some time or other, has done something he was sorry for, has been afraid of retribution, and has felt the hot breath of a pursuing vengeance on the back of his neck.... A Night at an Inn was written between tea and dinner in a single sitting. That was very easy.'"[47]