Lipton’s Journal/February 22, 1955/685
I suspect that the form of the play is always a variation of the One, the Two, and the Three, psychically that is. To wit; there have been play-structures corresponding slightly ahead in time to any given century, and if I knew enough about the drama I could explain Act One, Act Two, and Act Three as containing respectively.
One | Two | Three | Most plays. |
One | Three | Two | The Little Foxes? |
Two | One | Three | End as a Man? |
Two | Three | One | All My Sons—Death of a Salesman. |
Three | One | Two | The Gate of Hell. |
Three | Two | One | The Cocktail Party. |