THE COUNT. It seems to me to carry the principle of division of labor
too far, this keeping of the honesty and the other qualities in
separate compartments. What is Mr Gunn's speciality, if I may ask?
SAVOYARD. Gunn is one of the intellectuals.
THE COUNT. But arnt they all intellectuals?
SAVOYARD. Lord! no: heaven forbid! You must be careful what you say
about that: I shouldnt like anyone to call me an Intellectual: I
dont think any Englishman would! They dont count really, you know;
but still it's rather the thing to have them. Gunn is one of the
young intellectuals: he writes plays himself. Hes useful because he
pitches into the older intellectuals who are standing in his way. But
you may take it from me that none of these chaps really matter.
Flawner Bannal's your man. Bannal really represents the British
playgoer. When he likes a thing, you may take your oath there are a
hundred thousand people in London thatll like it if they can only be
got to know about it. Besides, Bannal's knowledge of the theatre is
an inside knowledge. We know him; and he knows us. He knows the
ropes: he knows his way about: he knows what hes talking about.
THE COUNT. [with a little sigh] Age and experience, I suppose?
SAVOYARD. Age! I should put him at twenty at the very outside,
myself. It's not an old man's job after all, is it? Bannal may not
ride the literary high horse like Trotter and the rest; but I'd take
his opinion before any other in London.
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