The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner. (Mary McCarthy)

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.

Mary McCarthy

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