Word: laburnum
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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Eden End (by John Boynton Priestley; Milton Shubert, producer). Wrote Author-Playwright Priestley (The Good Companions, Laburnum Grove) in the New York Times three weeks before his lastest play opened in Manhattan: " I should like to see more English plays here, more American plays in London... There will be disappointments, of course... The average New Yorker does not go to the theatre in exactly the same state of mind as the average London citizen. The former has a weakness for plays that tighten and then jangle his nerves. Our London audiences like to be gently moved, to melt into...
...Laburnum Grove (by John Boynton Priestley; Gilbert Miller & Milton Shubert, producers). When cheerful Novelist Priestley discovered that all was right with the world-or soon would be-he began to make a small fortune out of his books (The Good Companions; English Journey). He is likely to make another fortune from the stage on the strength of his discovery that a playwright can get by with a few unpretentious tricks and a couple of good characters. For the characters of Bernard Baxley and George Radfern in Laburnum Grove, Playwright Priestley may be forgiven almost any of his dramatic shortcomings. Bernard...