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unearths some literary gems.
Wodehouse IS Vanity Fair Jan. 1916:
Doing the math, I note that Plum appears FIVE times in this issue (under four different names, with one theater-crit roundup and four humor pieces). Incidentally, this same issue that featured a didactic Gillette saying that plays were meant to be performed, not read, has a waggish Wodehouse touting score-reading at home as a way to avoid going to the opera without losing face.Speaking of Gillette, here also is some Benchley, who manages to get a word in edgewise despite the PGW monopoly. They also made room for "The Brocaded Wrap: An Almost Unsoluble Problem Play," by Louise Closser Hale (which, as Gillette would agree, would probably be more fun to see performed than to read, as there's lots of visual farce business). I note that an onstage "damn" in 1916 is the equivalent of the obligatory "Shit!" in latter-day movies seeking to avoid a G rating and cash in on a cheap laugh.Or why not throw a Vanity Fair cover party?
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