66 Heloise " SIR,—The irresponsibility of many critics in dealing with
the grave responsibilities of those who make and present new plays to the British public is something too serious to be dealt with in anger. But your Mr. Tynan goes one step too far in this, damaging business when, in three out of four cases, he gravely misquotes from the text of my play Heloise ; and even awards a line spoken by one character to quite another When his main attack is on the text of the play this is just not good enough.
For the sake of many creative souls who will follow me—and for myself, who will return—to this casually administered publicligillory, may I make a plea that all those who hold public responsibility as a high trust will keep seeing to these remarkably hurtful irresponsibilities.
[Mr. Tynan writes: I apologise, of course, for any misquotations, and clearly should have levelled my charge at the articulation of the actors as well as at the text.]
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