From: Warrl kyree Tale'sedrin (warrl@mail.blarg.net)
Date: Sun Jan 11 1998 - 15:18:49 MST
> From: Anton Sherwood <dasher@netcom.com>
> Warrl writes
>
> : I read once that a prior Queen of England (Victoria, I believe) went
> : to a performance of a play, and afterward, declared the play to be
> : "aweful and artificial".
> : And the playwright was thrilled to hear this praise of his work.
>
> You may be thinking of the 18th century edifice (St Paul's?) which was
> praised as "gaudy, pompous and artificial."
No, I wasn't thinking of that, because I have never before
encountered that tale. However, it is another wonderful example, so
thank you.
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