Table of Contents
Foreword Edward Albee ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: "You Have to Hock Your House: The Story of a Producer" 1
1 Privilege with a Price: Washington, Princeton, and Early Theatre Efforts 4
2 Playing with Martians: Stage and Screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre 12
3 A Theatrical Warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr 39
4 Learning the Director's Craft: Stock, Broadway, and City Center 49
5 Broadway Beginnings: Ethel Waters, Ruth Draper, and Theatrical Collage 66
6 The Zoo Story: Discovering Edward Albee 78
7 Producers at Work: On Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway 95
8 Experimenting with Edward: Malcolm to All Over 139
9 Hocking the House: Seascape to Sweeney Todd 165
10 Brightening Broadway's Lights: Barr's Legacy to the American Theatre 195
Afterword Edward Albee 225
Notes 227
Bibliography 261
Index 269