Lore and Legends.(Review) (book review)
American Theatre, October, 2000 by Pierre, Karly
PLAYWRIGHTS AT WORK: THE PARIS REVIEW
George Plimpton, ed., The Modern Library, New York. 411 pp, $15.95 cloth.
What shouldn't you do if you're a young playwright? Don't bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to totally arbitrary killing onstage, or pointless gunfire, at least it'll catch their attention and keep them awake. Just keep the thing going any way you can.
--Tennessee Williams's advice to young playwrights
PLAYWRIGHTS AT WORK TAKES THE reader into the lives and minds of some of the 20th century's greatest playwrights--including a frankly ...
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