The Paris Review, Issue 142, Spring 1997

by George Plimpton (Editor)

THE THEATER ISSUE

Three Pulitzer Prize–winning playwrights on dialogue, method, and the dramatic moment: interviews with David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and Wendy Wasserstein.

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim sings the praises of musical theater; John Simon offers the critic’s view.

Plays by Martin McDonagh and Doug Wright.

304 pages, Perfectbound

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

George Ames Plimpton was an American journalist, writer, editor, actor, and gamesman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review.

He was the grandson of George A. Plimpton.