Archive for category: by Sheila Benson

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“I try to get the essence of things” – An Interview with Horton Foote

6 March, 2009 (00:05) | Interviews, by Sheila Benson | By: Sheila Benson

[Editor's note - This interview appeared in a very different form in the November/December 1996 issue of Modern Maturity. The introduction was written specifically for this publication.]
Horton Foote died March 5th, 2009, at his daughter Hallie’s home in Connecticut where he was at work cutting his ‘Orphan’s Home Cycle’ from 9 plays into a 3-act [...]

Art, Life and Politics

4 September, 2008 (15:22) | Commentary, by Sheila Benson | By: Sheila Benson

Art, Life and Politics
With the arrival of Sarah Palin, American politics has strayed deep into Wag the Dog territory, but it wasn’t until last night, as even ad hoc members of Alaska’s First Family were lined up for her speech, that I realized that if I were Levi Johnston, I’d be very, very worried. [...]