" LITERATURE IN A BAD WAY." Mr Israel Zangwiil, speaking at a,meeting of the Board of Authors,: said literature is in a bad way. "Not," he added, "that we have many good authors, but it is the public that is at present in such a bad way, •with its joy rides in motor cars, its bustle, and perpetual movement." . Having said that his best books were those, which sold least, he continued: "As you know, I produced a play the other day, and its production clashed -with that of 'After the Girß'Sind 'A Midsummer Night's Dream." Now, 'it strikes me that is symbolic. The modern dramatist is sandwiched in between Shakespeare and 'The Gaisty Girl.' There are no fewer than four plays running in London with a girl in the, title. The verse, comes into my,.head: Girls to the light of me, girls to the left of me, girls to the rear of me, Tangoed and tittered."
"Authorship at the present time w-eiie of the sweated industries of the country," said Mr Silas Hocking-, "and it is high time to put an end vto the sweating. Whw Should we not demand.'a minimum wage, Jike> the" colliers? 'At present there is no cohesion' among us. We are all blacklegs."
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Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 5
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