“He was fond of the theatre, but aware that there were people who would consider his tastes old-fashioned, even barbarous. He liked a play to have a beginning and a middle and an end; he liked to spot the crises, to recognize a craftsman at his business of constructing craftily; he liked a firm ending, to leave the theatre with that tiny scar on consciousness which meant he had been moved. He knew that there were people who talked crossly about commercial theatre and the well-made play; he knew their opinions but he did not care for them.”
William Haggard, Closed Circuit
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
