[I understand that there is a dearth of the kind of horrible little
plays which the public really wants. It ought not to be difficult
to meet that want. Nearly everybody I know is good at dialogues but
can’t do plots; personally I teem with plots, but am not so good
at dialogue. So I propose to present you with the ground plan--the
_scenario_--of a few really sensational, thrilling and, on the whole,
unpleasant playlets, and you can do the rest.]
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