Sex, sin, and the Devil were early linked. - Arthur Miller

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play — but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem.

An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted.

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down…. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality.