To the Editors: Christopher Benfey’s dismissive description of performances of Spoon River Anthology as “aw-shucks…with straw hats and string ties” and his belief that it first appeared on stage on Broadway in 1963 need correction [“Exile on Main Street,” NYR, December 2, 2021]. Edgar Lee Masters’s book was first made into a theater piece in […]
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