I'll Leave It to You

Described as "a light comedy in three acts", the play portrays an uncle's successful stratagem to provoke his idle nieces and nephews into working hard and making careers for themselves.

In his spare time, encouraged by his close friend and colleague Esmé Wynne, he began to write stories, songs and plays.

He tells the family that he has three years to live and will leave his large fortune to whichever of his five nieces and nephews carves out the most successful career.

Within eighteen months they all make good, and once it is clear that they have done so, Uncle Daniel reveals that he is in excellent health but has no money – his mine is unproductive and worthless.

The Observer commented, "Mr Coward... has a sense of comedy, and if he can overcome a tendency to smartness, he will probably produce a good play one of these days.