The Confidential Clerk

The Confidential Clerk was first produced at the Edinburgh Festival in the summer of 1953.

''The dialogue of The Confidential Clerk has a precision and a lightly felt rhythm unmatched in the writing of any contemporary dramatist.'' Times Literary Supplement

''A triumph of dramatic skill: the handling of the two levels of the play is masterly and Eliot''s verse registers its greatest achievement on the stage - passages of great lyrical beauty are incorporated into the dialogue.'' Spectator