Writing Theater

My Man Bummidge
I, myself, was quite prepared to become a dramatist, and was not taken by surprise when, about five years ago, Lillian Hellman suggested that I write a play. In a short time, by play was ready. Miss Hellman found it amusing and estimated it would run about eight hours without Wagnerian orchestration. She offered valuable advice, much of which I could not use because it required the collaboration of experts, the serious interest of a theater. So I put my Utopian project away and turned again to fiction.