The discussions between the two men evidently revealed to both their common idealism concerning the theatre. O Neill replied that he understood his friend s suspicions. Usually, I have no doubt, knowing theatrical folk as well as I do you have just grounds for suspicion. But with me you ain t got even if you did have in spite of yourself. Both members of that same club, that s what I mean.
Most critics are too tired to be that.
Most playwrights, too. The rest of us ought to stick together not by the usual mutual back-patting of little groups of serious thinkers but by sincere mutual criticism. In that way we ll all be helped, and the theatre in the bargain. The statement is just short of an appeal for the development of some form of collaborative work. In these same months, the Provincetown Players declared their holiday.