Arnold Bennett wrote that he was "very disappointed indeed" by it, and E. V. Lucas wrote that he loathed "adultery discussions in public. The theatre ... should be jollier than that".
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During a sailing holiday around Brittany with Sir Edward Spears and his wife Mary Borden in late 1932, he filled a notebook with the outline of what was to become Holy Deadlock.
Holy See | Holy Roman Empire | Holy Roman Emperor | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Week | Holy Land | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Orders | Holy Spirit | Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Trinity | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Holy Grail | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Order of the Holy Sepulchre | Holy Trinity Church | Holy Cross | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor | Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor | Holy Synod | Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor | Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | College of the Holy Cross |