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I think the piece wants cutting. About a third of it is impressive and moving, and what the earnest student of the drama at home is for ever demanding that a play should be  namely, elevating; but I consider that the other two thirds are tiresome." I THINK THE PIECE WANTS CUTTING ABOUT A THIRD OF IT IS IMPRESSIVE AND MOVING AND WHAT THE EARNEST STUDENT OF THE DRAMA AT HOME IS FOREVER DEMANDING THAT A PLAY SHOULD BE NAMELY ELEVATING BUT I CONSIDER THAT THE OTHER TWO THIRDS ARE TIRESOME
eir being silly. They will be all the better for that. Silly remarks are generally more interesting than sensible ones." "But what is the use of saying anything about it at all?" I urge. "The merest school-boy must know all about the Ober-Ammergau Passion Play by this time." "What has that to do with you?" answers B. "You are not writing for cultured school-boys. You are writing for mere simple men and women. They will be glad of a little information on the subject, and then when the schoolboy comes home for his holiday they will be able, so far as this topic, at all events, is concerned, to converse with him on his own level and not appear stupid. "Come," he says, kindly, trying to lead me on, "what did you think about it?" "Well," I reply, after musing for a while, "I think that a play of eighteen acts and some forty scenes, which commences at eight o'clock in the morning, and continues, with an interval of an hour and a half for dinner, until six o'clock in the evening, is too long. IVE YOUR IMPRESSIONS CONCERNING IT NEVER MIND THEIR BEING SILLY THEY WILL BE ALL THE BETTER FOR THAT SILLY REMARKS ARE GENERALLY MORE INTERESTING THAN SENSIBLE ONES BUT WHAT IS THE USE OF SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL I URGE THE MEREST SCHOOLBOY MUST KNOW ALL ABOUT THE OBER AMMERGAU PASSION PLAY BY THIS TIME WHAT HAS THAT TO DO WITH YOU ANSWERS B YOU ARE NOT WRITING FOR CULTURED SCHOOLBOYS YOU ARE WRITING FOR MERE SIMPLE MEN AND WOMEN THEY WILL BE GLAD OF A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT AND THEN WHEN THE SCHOOLBOY COMES HOME FOR HIS HOLIDAY THEY WILL BE ABLE SO FAR AS THIS TOPIC AT ALL EVENTS IS CONCERNED TO CONVERSE WITH HIM ON HIS OWN LEVEL AND NOT APPEAR STUPID COME HE SAYS KINDLY TRYING TO LEAD ME ON WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT WELL I REPLY AFTER MUSING FOR A WHILE I THINK THAT A PLAY OF EIGHTEEN ACTS AND SOME FORTY SCENES WHICH COMMENCES AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUES WITH AN INTERVAL OF AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DINNER UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING IS TOO LONG
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