The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy. - Dorothy Parker

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The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy.

Dorothy Parker

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About Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, and critic. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships, she became a member of the Algonquin Round Table.

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Birth Name: Dorothy Rothschild

Alternative Names: Dot Rothschild • Dottie Rothschild

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The ones I like ... are "cheque" and "enclosed."

To quote the only line of Gertrude Stein's which I have ever been able to understand, "It is wonderful how I am not interested." <small>p. 64</small>

Mr. Hodge plays with his accustomed ease, even carrying the thing so far as to repeat many of his lines with his eyes shut; and in a pretty spirit of reciprocity, many members of the audience sit through the play with their eyes shut. <small>p. 175</small>