If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
Noel CowardAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright
- Nationality: english
- Born: December 16, 1899
- Died: March 26, 1973
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