From ‘Midsummer’
Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
Category Archives: Books
All Over the Map
The pleasures of both Stanley Kauffman’s ‘Theatre Criticisms’ and Bonnie Marranca’s ‘Theatre Writings.’
New Territory for ‘Salesman’
A review of ‘Salesman in Beijing’ by Arthur Miller, with photographs by Inge Morath, Viking Press, New York, N.Y. 254 pp, $16.95 cloth.
Newspeak Shakespeare
A.L. Rowse cannot ruin the unique grace and style of Shakespeare’s language; but he taints it more than a little.
Threadbare Dreams
A new collection of criticism ranges from infuriating to perceptive, banal to brilliant.
Theatre Bookshelf
A roundup of new publications.
The Unexpected Allure of Operetta
Also: New books by and about Beckett.
Wilder’s Notations of the Heart
A review of ‘The Enthusiast: A Life of Thornton Wilder,’ by Gilbert A. Harrison, Ticknor & Fields, New York, NY. 403 pp, $19.95 cloth.
Goethe Redux
3 new collections of German playwrights Geothe, Dürrenmatt and Schiller.
Airing the National’s Not-So-Dirty Laundry
A review of ‘Peter Hall’s Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle,’ by Peter Hall, edited by John Goodwin, Harper and Row, New York, NY. 416 pp, $25 cloth. Available May.
