[Ads-l] Quote: It was Shaw who advised young playwrights to gear the length of each act to the endurance of the human bladder.

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jul 18 07:49:47 UTC 2019


Way back on September 7, 2017 Fred Shapiro asked about a remark
attributed to Alfred Hitchcock. Participants in the ensuing discussion
uncovered valuable citations. Now the Quote Investigator website has
an entry.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/18/bladder/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to top researcher Fred Shapiro whose inquiry led QI to
formulate this question and perform this exploration. Special thanks
to research colleagues Donna Halper, Barbara Schmidt, and Peter Reitan
who identified crucial citations beginning in 1963. QI found the “San
Francisco Examiner” citation.
[End acknowledgement]

Feedback welcome
Garson

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