The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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Page 116
... theatre . The old hacks , with Clement Scott at their head , abused it soundly ; the critic of The Sunday Times stated that it showed no sign of any talent for the stage . I have forgotten who he was . But the critics who had succumbed ...
... theatre . The old hacks , with Clement Scott at their head , abused it soundly ; the critic of The Sunday Times stated that it showed no sign of any talent for the stage . I have forgotten who he was . But the critics who had succumbed ...
Page 137
... theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposi- tion of ideas that you are willing to ...
... theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposi- tion of ideas that you are willing to ...
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... theatre for good and all , for the author is the slave of what , for want of a more modest word , I am forced to call his inspiration , and I could not be certain that a theme would not some day occur to me that I could not but write in ...
... theatre for good and all , for the author is the slave of what , for want of a more modest word , I am forced to call his inspiration , and I could not be certain that a theme would not some day occur to me that I could not but write in ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character Chekov comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave George Meredith Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew knowledge Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul speak spirit Stendhal story success suppose talent tell theatre things thought tion told truth Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth