One of the lines that Frohman wrote very often, and which came to be somewhat hackneyed, was to his general manager, Alf Hayman. It was:
Send me a thousand pounds to London.
To W. Lestocq, in 1914, regarding another manager:
I notice that Mr. Z—— has a man who can sign for royalties I send him. I wonder why he can't find some one to sign for royalties that are due me!
Of a production waiting to come to New York:
Broadway may throw things when we play the piece here, still I have failed before on Broadway.
To James B. Fagan, in London, December, 1912, referring to his production of "Bella Donna" in this country:
Mr. Bryant is giving an exceptionally good performance of the part, and is so much taken with my theater and company that I have the newspapers' word that he married my star (Nazimova).
To Alfred Sutro, November, 1914:
It seems to me that a strong human play, with good characters (and clean), is the thing over here; and now, my dear Sutro, I do believe that throughout the United States a play really requires a star artist, man or woman—woman for choice....