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Lanford Wilson died this week. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was 73.
Wilson participated in the Seminar twice, first in 1986 for an event dedicated to the work of Tennessee Williams; and again in 1990, for “New Directions in American Theater.” He served as an adviser to our board for the latter, and in this capacity wrote the letter reproduced here to then-director Monica Haskell. The “very private comments” it contains consist of frank, snapshot assessments of Wilson’s peers—among them Don DeLillo, Christopher Durang, Wendy Wasserstein, JoAnne Aikalitis, Terrance McNally, and August Wilson. Click the image below to read the letter in its entirety.
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Wow! What an amazing primary document to have your hands on. Such a treat.