ready-to-be-pleased

Updated: May 11, 2025

I did not visit many theatres; it struck me that the Paris stage, like that of London, was undergoing a war phase unsophisticated, ready-to-be-pleased audiences bringing prosperity to very mediocre plays. My journey back to the line included a stay at a depot where officers were speedily reminded that they had left the smooth luxuriousness of Paris behind them.

George Herbert Fosdike Nichols - Pushed and the Return Push