A COMPETITION AMONG CRITICS.
Mr. H. J. Jennings, once, editor of tffe Birmingham Mail, claims to have written. the shortest dramatic criticism ever pen; ned: A "Last i»ight a' play called 'Burp as Snpw' was'produced at the Blank Theatre. ft is npf as pure aS Know." His assertion has been disputed, ana) i, correspondent attributes the following very brief notice to an American optic*: ' "A play by Ulysses S '■— was played last night. Heaven will judge kira. '_ Equally pointed was a criticism which once appeared in a Manchester journal/. "Laet night Mr. W 's play "was produced. '!Q,uite- a hurhber of people stayed to"'trip end." "■'/.'
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 14
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105A COMPETITION AMONG CRITICS. Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 14
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