Punch, Volume 224Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1952 - Caricatures and cartoons |
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Page 191
... play has been very much praised , and I am sorry to sound a dissonant note ; but if a comedy sets out to be also a play of ideas , it must be strictly judged , and on neither count is Escapade altogether satisfactory . One gets the ...
... play has been very much praised , and I am sorry to sound a dissonant note ; but if a comedy sets out to be also a play of ideas , it must be strictly judged , and on neither count is Escapade altogether satisfactory . One gets the ...
Page 305
... Play S Congreve himself discovered -its reception drove him from the theatre for good— The Way of the World is a tempera- mental play . It contains some of the best light dialogue in the language , but its subtle fusions can escape even ...
... Play S Congreve himself discovered -its reception drove him from the theatre for good— The Way of the World is a tempera- mental play . It contains some of the best light dialogue in the language , but its subtle fusions can escape even ...
Page 439
... play describes . " The growing sensitivity of people to any sort of open and frank dis- cussion of important issues is no service to civilization , let alone law and order , " he argued . " I wrote a play about a man who happened to be ...
... play describes . " The growing sensitivity of people to any sort of open and frank dis- cussion of important issues is no service to civilization , let alone law and order , " he argued . " I wrote a play about a man who happened to be ...
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