We'll Hear a Play

Leading dramatic critic of his time, J. C. Trewin, has here assembled many of his articles and notices in what he calls "a notebook of the theatre." Shakespeare is plainly his first enthusiasm, but he will write with relish and urbanity on any theatrical subject from the art of Sid Field to a Priestley play in a Welsh miners' hall, or from Shaw to straws-in-the-hair farce or the ways of Ruritania. Indeed one of the features of this book is its range. The author will go anywhere to hear a play or, for that matter, any form of stage entertainment. Robert Lynd has described him as "a critic who, having experienced and satisfied a hunger and thirst for fine acting, can awaken the same happy cravings in others."