“You don’t think I should try for comedy?” Peggy asked.
Randy shook his head emphatically. “Everybody will be doing that,” he said. “If you offer them something a little different, they’ll notice you. Besides, the play is so well written that the comedy can take care of itself.”
“All right,” Peggy said. “I’ll do it. But that’s not the way Diana Peters played it this afternoon.”
Randy frowned. “I know it,” he said. “And that’s been worrying me. Right now Innocent Laughter is being acted all wrong.”
Amy broke into a laugh. “Oh, Randy!” she cried. “Here’s the biggest hit on Broadway, and you say it’s all wrong.”
“No, listen to me,” Randy said, hunching over the table earnestly. “Who’s the central character?”
“The mother,” Amy replied promptly. “It’s the biggest part.”
“It may be the biggest part,” Randy said. “But the play doesn’t hang together that way.”
“Well, what’s wrong with it?” Amy challenged.
“I think the emphasis should be shifted to the two older people,” Randy replied.