To me, the play had the feel of madcap antics in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being
Earnest—but with time travel! In the play, a midsummer’s wish takes two travelers,
Elspeth and Jack, from 1903 to their earlier incarnations of themselves in 1603. Happily,
they return rather friendlier than they left.
— Michael Main
Oh, dear Aunt Harriet! It isn’t sudden—really not! We’ve been engaged three hundred
years!
DEBUT
The Road to Yesterday, at Herald Square Theatre (New York City, 31 December
1906).
VARIANTS
Debut. The Road to Yesterday, at Herald Square Theatre (New York City, 31 December 1906).
Oh, dear Aunt Harriet! It isn’t sudden—really not! We’ve been engaged three hundred
years!
1 English variant