[In late July, Ritchie held court at the official pre-production] meet and greet ... I'm Gordon Davidson, and I used to work here. |
[This did not come as news to Gordon Davidson, outgoing artistic director of Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. Wilson knew of his condition when Radio Golf , the final play of his cycle, transferred to the Taper, where it is running through Sept. 18.] He asked for privacy, ... But he has been remarkable, determined to do the work. He's even working on a new set of notes, to put things in before we close. |
August did a a lot of good work on the play, and it's changed a great deal from Yale. He knew what he wanted to do, and he was up to doing the work. |
Clearly there were moments of pain, when he didn't feel as whole as he wanted to, and took medicine. |
He asked for privacy. But he has been remarkable, determined to do the work. He's even working on a new set of notes, to put things in before we close. |
He knew exactly what was going on and he has a clear idea about how he wanted to work on it following the Yale production. |
He was a good storyteller, and he wanted to tell the stories of the disabled from a personal point of view. |
He was a great person to have on staff. He made a real contribution, not only by his own writing, but by his leadership in Other Voices. It's just his body was not in good as shape as his mind was. |
We've been talking pretty regularly through all this. |