Samuel D. Hunter: The High Tragedy Place
A conversation with the writer of ‘Greater Clements’ about political plays, the dramatic form, and Idaho.
A conversation with the writer of ‘Greater Clements’ about political plays, the dramatic form, and Idaho.
He wrote his best play last, but it’s a mistake to think of the rest of the playwright’s thorny, ambitious, stammeringly poetic work as simply a warmup for ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night.’
An award-winning playwright takes aim at undergraduate arts training, not to mention the Fortune 500, sex education, and the occasional piece of Republican legislation.