The Washington Post, March 12th, 2003
An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. In a smart, witty novel called "Miss Pym Disposes," an actor invites a woman to attend a performance of Shakespeare's "Richard III," with himself in the title role. The woman has been rebuffing his bumbling advances for some time, but that isn't the only reason why she says no. "Richard III," she says, is "a criminal libel on a fine man, a blatant piece of political propaganda, and an extremely silly play." That novel was published in 1949 but its author, Josephine Tey, scarcely had ...
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