Reread Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth this afternoon. Hadn't read it in years. Surely this is "the great American play". It's contemporary, more "modern" artistically than 99.9% of the plays written by Americans today, funny and sad, relevant (big time!) ... just an amazing play. It's rarely done but I see in the spring there is a production in Palm Springs, maybe I can twist H's arm to go. Man, I admire and love this play! Wilder is something else. It's also less "optimistic", more indecisive about the future, than I remember. I like that. Reading this has raised my spirits today. What an accomplishment.
At left: Outstanding production on PBS some years ago. (Diana Bellamy did a number of outstanding performances here, as actress and director. I think she plays a dinosaur among other roles.)
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