MAN ON THE MOON
249
To
'un-make
man, as we have found, is a comparatively simple
matter-but to make him, to make him
human,
that is, is more complex
than. we think. Where do we begin? With the earth or the moon? With
the sawmill or the sacred grove? Very old questions. Perhaps we have
despaired of answering them.
Here in Southern California two native industries have taken fresh
heart at the threat of extinction-the
art
of prophecy, and the builders
of swimming pools. Both feel they can quickly convert to the Age of
Fallout. First things first: a crystal ball, a hole in the ground.
This earth already being an overcrowded place, I would like to
suggest that those who have despaired should be openly encouraged
to go elsewhere. Anywhere. One small stipulation. Let it be one way.
No question there is
Lebensraum
for all in outer space. Those who feel
compelled to go there should not be detained.
If
I could write my own
ticket it would include one bona-fide Space scientist, one bona-fide
Luna-Tik, and one smiling housewife with hands as lovely as her
daughter's.
If
it's a
big
rocket, and there's room, I'd throw the daughter
in too.
THE TULANE DRAMA REVIEW
a quarterly magazine of the theatre
Partial Contents of the Current Issue
On the Nature of Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . Max Frisch
Friedrich Duerrenmatt and Max Frisch . . . . George Wellwarth
The Theatre of Harold Pinter . . . . . . . . Bernard Dukore
The World of Harold Pinter . . . . . . . . . . Ruby Cohn
The Art of Acting: "What's Hecuba to Him?" . Frederik Schyberg
Letten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georg Buchner
Georg Buchner's
Danton's Death
. . . . . . . . Lee Baxandall
An Unfashionable View of Tennessee Williams . . William Sharp
Guiscard and Oedipus . . . . . . . . . . . . E. L. Stahl
Robert Guiscard
(TDR Play) . . . . . . . Heinrich von Kleist
Four Hamlets of the 19th Century American Stage, Part I:
Thomas A Cooper and
J.
B. Booth (TDR Document) . . . .
Featured
in June: THE THEATRE OF RICHARD EBERHART
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