Thomas Mann an Blanche Knopf

Dankt für das ›Theatre Book of the Year‹. Äußert sich über den Verfasser Mr. Nathan: »Mr. N. is a strong critic, with a rich and amusing vocabulary of displeasure, and what differentiates him from the many others who try to imitate his crushing negativism, is the unmistakable fact that a true, deep and sensitive love of the good and the spiritual forms the background of his witty illhumour.« Am besten sei Nathan, wenn er die Kommerzialisierung der großen Kunst verhöhne, wie im Fall der Adaption von Strindbergs ›Dance of Death‹.