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Without knowing who wrote it?
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But honestly, if I had watched this play not knowing who wrote it and been asked to guess who did, Mr. Lonergan's name wouldn't have made my shortlist.
In his review, the Times theater critic Ben Brantley wrote, "If I had watched this play not knowing who wrote it and been asked to guess who did, Mr. Lonergan's name wouldn't have made my shortlist".
"Had I read this novel without knowing who wrote it, I would have expected it to be packaged in a pastel-coloured cover sporting an image of a sexy babe toying with an auctioneer's gavel".
"Suppose I found a score in a library without knowing who wrote it," says Díaz-Jerez. "I approach these pieces as I would that one – by analysing the score to see how it works".
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Although Shakespeare was a significant shareholder in the Globe theatre and appeared there as an actor, many of his works were presented without anyone knowing who had written them.
Bate claims that if contemporary readers were able to encounter the play without knowing who had written it, "it would not seem too bad"; but since we cannot forget Johnson's achievements in other fields of literature, reading Irene is an especially depressing experience: "the heart begins after a while to sink except in the most resolute Johnsonian, and sometimes even then".
The closest I came to it was knowing Larry Gelbart who wrote on the Caesar's Hour TV show, and enjoying Sid Caesar's talent, from his larger-than-life performances to his remarkable ability to do double-talk in fake languages and fill in the rest in between.
His criticism stood out for the way he wove together seemingly unrelated themes in an arch, self-deprecating tone, a signature style that helped break down the image of the critic as an all-knowing figure who wrote from atop a pedestal.
It is rare that I write without knowing who is going to be in my film.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com