[In After the Act] Mr. Graham lays out a serious theme. Does the act of killing change one profoundly? It is timely. Most men over forty encountered at a party have probably killed; have dropped the bomb on a schoolroom, bayoneted a Fascist, tossed a petrol bomb into an old lady's lap, or joined the Bank Holiday roarers on the roads. What do they now feel? Mr. Graham takes a young playwright married to an older woman and now, in the heady moment of success, falling for a very young girl. He disposes of the wife by pushing her over a balcony. But can he, in a brief suspension of morality, carry on as if nothing had happened: or even convince himself that Harriet died accidentally? Can he be, like Richard III, himself alone, in a defeatable world? Here is a real opportunity to chart fears, superstitions, guilts...