Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's political play won the Pulitzer Prize, and it's a good play. But time has made so much of the "sausage-making" revelations about politics far more familiar than they likely were in 1946 that the play seems naïve, which it surely wasn't when new. While well-written and constructed, the play still relies on romantic-triangle tropes to carry the story along, as though the issues considered could not be presented other than in such familiar surroundings. It is well worth reading, but I would be surprised if anyone gave much consideration to producing this play anymore. ( )

dramatists play service, acting edition. by howard lindsay and russell crouse ... a businessman encouraged to run for national offices, and the operatives who hover at the edges, and how personal ethics can be compromised along the way. would love to have seen the movie cast assembled for the hollywood-ized version of this script ... kate hepburn and spencer tracy and angela lansbury and the rest .. ON STAGE in these roles .. yum. timely script. read it now.

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