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Heartbreak House
again and again why they pay half a guinea to go to a theatre
when they can go to St. Paul’s or Westminster Abbey for
nothing. Their only possible reply is that they want to see
something new and possibly something wicked; but the the-
atres mostly disappoint both hopes. If ever a revolution makes
me Dictator, I shall establish a heavy charge for admission to
our churches. But everyone who pays at the church door
shall receive a ticket entitling him or her to free admission to
one performance at any theatre he or she prefers. Thus shall
the sensuous charms of the church service be made to subsi-
dize the sterner virtue of the drama.
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