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"THE trouble in my game," he began, "is that the greatest plays can never be staged. There would be no money in them. The public demand a plot-a climax: after that the puppets cease strutting, the curtain rings down. But in life-in real life-there's no plot. It's just a series... Read Full Overview

"THE trouble in my game," he began, "is that the greatest plays can never be staged. There would be no money in them. The public demand a plot-a climax: after that the puppets cease strutting, the curtain rings down. But in life-in real life-there's no plot. It's just a series... Read Full Overview

A fascinating collection of tales, including stories related by members of a select club consisting of an actor, a barrister, a doctor, a soldier, a writer and an 'ordinary man'. Each member of this club is obliged to entertain his fellows to dinner from time to time, after which... Read Full Overview