Act 2.

The barge scene made excellent use of the stage space, the set-up and lighting were flawless and the atmosphere of fog and eerie distance was surprising. Anna was still good but the hard overtone in her voice became tiring and monotonous through overuse in the second and third acts, but nevertheless it was a convincing portrayal.

Campion, making his appearance as Matt, had a fluent but abominable brogue, no doubt acquired in his fifteen years at sea. The pace was sustained and the atmosphere good. They lost the audience once only and that probably because, as amateurs, the audience were familiar with them in their ordinary lives and manners.