| The executor of Goldman's literary estate has strongly negative opinions about Goldman's teleplay and doesn't want it to be distributed further, including as a stage adaptation. It's a shame for those of us who love the piece, but in the end it's their intellectual property and their call. As a different approach, I wrote to Sondheim in the early 2000s and asked him if he'd consider authorizing use of his songs from Primrose in a new stage adaptation of the original John Collier short story- Sondheim wrote back and was pretty cordial, but shot it down as he considers the songs inextricably intertwined with the teleplay. That was disappointing, but it's also how I first got to know and love John Collier stories, so for every cloud there's a silver lining, I suppose! |
