The unhappy story of UTBU is related in some detail in Sean Egan's biography of James Kirkwood.
Walker was reportedly intimidated by the high-powered cast. She was actually taken off the job and replaced by Jack Sydow late in the process, though Walker was still credited as the director and hung around occasionally giving notes anyway.
James Leo Herlihy, a close friend of Kirkwood's, was originally a co-author, but he asked to have his name taken off the credits before the play opened, partly because Walker had brought in another writer to doctor the script without his or Kirkwood's consent.
All in all a mess of an experience involving some very major artists. |
