While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]

Essay (1957), “One Half of Two on the Aisle,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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