The Liver Birds "Man is the dog, and woman is the bone. He eats the best of you, and buries the rest of you, and when his dish is empty—he'll dig you up again." This would be the last series with Beryl; as Polly James explained: "The reason I left the programme in the end was that I felt I was in danger of caricaturing what was already a pretty outrageous character." Producer Sydney Lotterby had to find a new leading actress to keep the series going after Polly James' departure. In 1971 he'd replaced Pauline Collins with Nerys Hughes, and Hughes herself
The Speech of Polly Baker argues, the piece shows more complexity that is initially apparent. Another critic (Aldridge) argues that if taken out of the context of American literature, "The Speech of Polly Baker" can be considered as a "universal myth along the lines of Don Juan and Faust." "The Speech of Polly Baker" was first published in April or May 1747 in "The Gentleman's Magazine". Initially the piece was published anonymously, but in 1905 it was included in "The Writings of Benjamin Franklin", although the editor had yet to prove Franklin's authorship. Max Hall, in "Benjamin Franklin and Polly Baker: The History of a