The Front Page | Gentlemen of the Press
Brown reviews a 1946 production of The Front
Page, appraising the play as a ‘‘lusty’’ piece of
writing that accurately captures the era it seeks to
portray.
From the millions of words spoken as dialogue in new American plays during the last quarter of a century, a few sentences here and there refuse to be forgotten. Most of the others, even when they have done their nightly duty as flares, have been swallowed up in the darkness.
The lines I have in mind are different. Beauty is not their strong point. Neither is wit, eloquence, profundity, nor, as a rule, reverence. Yet they have stuck in the memories of playgoers. They have lodged there as summaries and as tags; as vivid reminders of past pleasures. What is more, they have hung on...
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