THE STORY: The scene is a rundown, cluttered apartment in the Italian-American section of South Philadelphia, where Berto, deserted by his southern-born wife so
THE STORY: As the play begins Al (in reality the author himself) has had another opening--and another crushing set of bad notices. Discouraged and wishing he we
THE STORY: The scene is a loft in the Soho section of Manhattan, where a blocked writer named Bartholomew Dante (but called Beatrice) has fled to escape his wif