Humble Suggestion
H R. JEANS’ moving finger writes, * and, having writ, moves on to fresh triumphs, so he is probably as little inclined to listen to helpful suggestions regarding his old plays as is the C.I.D. man now on to the Case of the Thirteenth Cat who receives an anonymous (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) letter asking him to reopen the case of the second one, But for all that we would like to offer a suggestion for Ten Minutes’ Walk, which we listened to tremblingly last Wednesday night. Now we think the brother should have done it. He had the motive, the wrong done his ‘sister, and the second and unnecessary telephone call looked like just what we are used to in the way of alibi establishment. (We cannot be more explicit since we must consider those who have not heard the play, but if Mr. Jeans will send a stamped addressed envelope we will send him under plain wrapper absolutely ‘free of charge details of our amazing discovery ... .) However we trust Mr. Jeans will not
be offended by our suggestion that the ending should be changed. Hollywood producers always: suggest this to people like John Steinbeck and it’s merely because they admire his work so much.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 403, 14 March 1947, Page 10
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211Humble Suggestion New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 403, 14 March 1947, Page 10
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