No matter what happens to anyone else, John is the focus, and in the end the play fails to make one care much about him.
His first play had failed; the second was never produced.
This play failed, but South could have done better.
The play failed earlier this season on a 2-point conversion attempt against Wisconsin.
But in 1953, the critics did not much like it, and the play failed.
If the play had failed, the Raiders would have been in good position to score.
The play had failed to receive a production in Britain.
So when a play fails, the investors lose all their money.
Any normal play will fail, because of the problems in taking four club tricks.
He had good reason to believe that this play would fail.