[{"node":{"title":"Boyd090","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"1978 May 24th","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd090","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Rehearsal, Verdict","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd090","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd090_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff2\n\n0ld Sir William had quite an influence on Oscar;\na deep influence which I\u2019d hoped I\u2019d suggested.\nPerhaps I\u2019ve somehow failed. But I wanted to\nhave both parents in some dark genetic way\nresponsible for the mixed-up man that Oscar became.\n\nYes,the final third is a kit rushed\nI suppose. I thought that the prison yard scene\nmight slow down the tempo a bit. The trouble\nof course is the usual one of selection-the\nmost significant scenes HAVE to go in....And\nhere God knows how it works-or fails to work.\nOnly in rehearsal can one find out.\n\nAm glad that oul' rascal Harris comes\nscrossacross. I like him!\n\nThe truth is Oscar deceived himself for a\nlong long time: it took years for him to come\n\u2019out\u2019 (AS THEY SAY THESE DAYS). We dont of course\nknow as much about him as we think; but I only\nhope I havent got him too wrong. The polished\nexterior(as you call it) only cracked towards\nthe end; the truth xxx came only then-not with Speranza.\n\nPerhaps I\u2019m rationalizing the whole\nbloody thing now. Anyway you\u2019ve made me think\nabout the play again. (It has been out of my\nmind now for some months)\n\nAgain many thanks. I know only too well\nhow hard it is to comment on another's work.\n\nIf the final verdict is 'agin' I'll\nstill be grateful. In any case I'll be glad\nto know what the response will be. The sooner\nthe better. With best wishes.\n\nJohn\nP.T.O\n","Type":"Text"}}]