to Edgar Lustgarten
(who has added ' without permission ' some examples from the master's works)
' A success doesn'necessarily mean that it's all that good a play; it may mean that the leading lady's got a wonderful part and is very good in it ... After the first night of Sirocco they spat at me in the streets ... And I thought I must be a good playwright because nobody's going to take all that trouble unless they feel badly disappointed.'
Producer ALAN tuoctss
Last of three conversations broadcast weekly at this time.