Mel Gussow
Mel Gussow
Melvyn Hayes "Mel" Gussow was an American theater critic, movie critic, and author who wrote for The New York Times for 35 years...
real character play
More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention of Love (his portrait of the poet and scholar A. E. Housman) -- with characters from life and literature. But one cannot always tell the difference between those who are real and those who are imaginary.
cows pages sacred
On her pages sacred cows become blustering pachyderms.
american-critic facts himself purpose putting suit
Genet was an actor in the play of his life, putting on masks, rearranging facts to suit his purpose and clouding himself in mystique.
children inhibitions
Bring a child and ignore your inhibitions.
happiness laughter joy
Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.