problem play

Ye wudden't hardly call it a detective story an' yet it ain't a problem play.

He says it's not an ordinary burlesque, but a mixture of a problem play and a comic opera.

Then why does the lover in a problem play usually have to be a Russian prince in Moujik costume?

Above all is this the case in a country like England, where the problem play is hampered by so many handicaps.

A serious drama or "problem play" usually bores him but he seldom misses a circus.