You Never Can Tell

• Why did Gloria, Phillip, and Dolly’s mother choose to raise them in the manner she did? Was it truly to hide them from the second sort of “family life” she mentioned early in the play or was it for her to ensure her own independence and privacy?

The Art of Theatre

• Since criticism requires the critic to “bring to the work some set of standards developed essentially from personal experience”, how reliable can a critics criticism really be since a critic with personal experience on a certain topic may have a more enhanced understanding than another? Would the playwrights intended message not vary according to the different people who view his piece? Is it even possible to have a completely un-biased critique on any piece of Art including theatre? (81)