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re: A Delicate Balance tonight

Posted by:	bret17 10:02 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to:	re: A Delicate Balance tonight - AlanScott 08:28 pm EST 11/20/14

The Smith Atkins feud was related to me by a London theater critic friend. Agnes is the lead but Smith was convinced by Stritch's success that she should play Claire. At her behest, Albee took lines of Agnes' and rewrote them as Claire's to build it up. Atkins was outraged but Smith was the muscle of the production. Since hearing this I've always been attentive to interviews of Atkins. Neither of them really mentions this production. The 1996 revival did end cryptically and prematurely considering the acclaim. awards, and grosses. At the time there was hearsay that Stritch and Harris didn't get along. Yet, Harris was at the Stritch memorial on Monday as a spectator.

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