1939 January 19

"It's much too early to make a decision [about seeing Hamlet] for there is a world of time, really a tremendous distance between now and the curtain Saturday night at 6:30. And there's no actual decision necessary; the seat is yours, occupied or unoccupied, merely put off thinking about it...until Saturday, when, if you are rested enough, there is plenty of time for the coat and hat ritual, followed by the short walk to the subway."