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The minor awards, as you can see,
have already been presented.
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Minor awards are for such
as the writer and director,
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since they merely construct a tower
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so that the world can applaud
a light which flashes on top of it.
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And no brighter light has ever
dazzled the eye than Eve Harrington.
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Eve... but more of Eve later.
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All about Eve, in fact.
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To those who do not read, attend the theatre,
listen to unsponsored radio programmes
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or know anything of the world
in which you live,
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it is perhaps necessary to introduce myself.
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My name is Addison DeWitt.
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My native habitat is the theatre.
In it, I toil not. Neither do I spin.
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I am a critic and commentator.
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I am essential to the theatre.
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This is Karen Richards.
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She is the wife of a playwright,
therefore of the theatre by marriage.
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Nothing in her background should have
brought her closer to the stage than Row E.
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However, during her senior year at Radcliffe,
Lloyd Richards lectured on the drama.
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The following year
Karen became Mrs Lloyd Richards.
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There are, in general,
two types of theatrical producers.
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One has a great many wealthy friends
who will risk a tax-deductible loss.
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This type is interested in art.
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The other is one to whom each production
means potential ruin or fortune.
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This type is out to make a buck.
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Meet Max Fabian.
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He is the producer of the play which has won
for Eve Harrington the Sarah Siddons Award.
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Margo Channing is a star of the theatre.
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She made her first stage appearance at
the age of four in Midsummer Night's Dream.
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She played a fairy and entered,
quite unexpectedly, stark naked.
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She has been a star ever since.
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Margo is a great star. A true star.
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She never was or will be
anything less or anything else.