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Page 81
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in ...
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady , and having made up my mind on this point , wrote Lady Frederick . But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in ...
Page 84
I had no intention of fizzling out with a passing suc- cess and I wrote my next two plays to consolidate my hold on the public . They were a little bolder and , mild and unsophisticated as they must seem now , they were at- tacked by ...
I had no intention of fizzling out with a passing suc- cess and I wrote my next two plays to consolidate my hold on the public . They were a little bolder and , mild and unsophisticated as they must seem now , they were at- tacked by ...
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I wrote these four plays in the order in which I expected them to be increasingly unsuc- cessful . I did not want to destroy my reputation with the public till I was definitely finished with it . The first two surprised me ...
I wrote these four plays in the order in which I expected them to be increasingly unsuc- cessful . I did not want to destroy my reputation with the public till I was definitely finished with it . The first two surprised me ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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