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Subject: (urth) Seven American Nights Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 02:30:39 -0400 From: Alex David Groce> Both are real plays: "Mary Rose" by J. M. Barrie (1920) and "Visit > to a Small Planet" by Gore Vidal (1957). I had to read "Planet" in > High School, so I knew it was a real play and automatically assumed > the other one was, too. But I think you have put your finger on the > reason Wolfe was familiar with "Mary Rose" and decided to use it in > SAN (aka 7AN). If I recall, Vidal's "Visit to a Small Planet" isn't quite the play that's in the story. I think "Mary Rose" on the other hand, doesn't seem changed. Can anyone confirm my memory that the Vidal play is changed? -- "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32 -- Alex David Groce (agroce+@cs.cmu.edu) Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department 8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce --