unearths some literary gems.
From Life, January-June 1922:
***Madame Petrovka...throw[s] the letter "r" about like so much listerine. [Benchley]***Actors do not feel that they have to dance while they recite their lines. Why should dancers have to act? [Benchley, re. ballet]***The trouble [with this play] comes first at the start, which is a bad place for trouble to come. [Benchley]***Unlike many workshop plays, it has practically no shavings sticking to it and it does not smell of varnish. [Benchley]***[Bonuses (names of real shows): Make It Snappy; Some Party!][Many snippets attached. That Benchley opera silliness is so proto-Woody Allen!]
