The Cocktail Party [antikvár]

I WISH to acknowledge my indebtedness to two critics. To Mr. E. Martin Browne, who was responsible for the first production of this play at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949: for his criticism of the Structure, from the first version to the last 5 for suggestions most of which have been accepted, and which, when accepted, have all been fully justified on the stage. And to Mr. John Hayward, for continuous criticism and correction of vocabulary, idiom and manners. My debt to both of these censors could be understood only by comparison of the successive drafts of this play with the final text. T. S. E. November 1949 In addition to some minor corrections, certain alterations in Act III, based on the experience of the play's production, were made in the fourth impression of the text. T. S. E. August 1950