'A friend asked, had I heard about the French diplomat who'd fallen in love with a Chinese actress, who subsequently turned out to be not only a spy, but a man? I later found a two-paragraph story in the New York Times
'A friend asked, had I heard about the French diplomat who'd fallen in love with a Chinese actress, who subsequently turned out to be not only a spy, but a man? I later found a two-paragraph story in the New York Times -- David Henry Hwang
Playwrights are notorious for bending real life to suit dramatic ends. Even those who concentrate on docudrama arrange the material to create a dramatic structure capable of holding an audience. And for good reason.
The most extreme version of not doing this -- from the wild days of the
An unemployed actor and his wife moved onto the stage of a small New York theatre with all their furniture, belongings, and a puppy. You could come in at any hour, day or night. They simply lived their normal lives in front of anyone who'd buy a ticket.The critics found all this a tremendous bore except for the fact that the dog wasn't house-broken. This, they said, brought the only conflict to the hours they spent with these folks. So here's as close as you ought to get to Truth as it
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