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Page 79
... Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction . The reader may think that this methodical fashion of going to work was ...
... Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction . The reader may think that this methodical fashion of going to work was ...
Page 108
... theatre was situated where they were acting one of my plays . I had long come to the conclusion that there was not much point in a play that was not successful and I thought I knew exactly how to write a successful play . I knew , that ...
... theatre was situated where they were acting one of my plays . I had long come to the conclusion that there was not much point in a play that was not successful and I thought I knew exactly how to write a successful play . I knew , that ...
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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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