FORGOTTEN PLAYS: NO 11 " 'THE HIGH BID' (1908) BY HENRY JAMES
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 8/10; Billy Russell in The High Bid at the Mermaid theatre in 1967. Photograph: Tony Gibson/ANL/Rex/Shutterstock.)  James's rich dialogue and clashing-cultures theme make his country-house play worthy of a renewed offer Henry James had a love-hate relationship with the theatre. He had boyhood dreams of becoming an actor, […]