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Of straight dramas, there are All The Way Home, which owes much of its poetic power to the James Agee novel, A Death In The Family ; ;

The Wall, awkwardly based on the John Hersey novel ; ;

Advise And Consent, lively but shallow theater drawn from the mountainously detailed bestseller ; ;

Face Of A Hero ( closed ), based on a Pierre Boulle novel.

The only original works attempting to reach any stature: Tennessee Williams' disappointing domestic comedy, Period Of Adjustment, and Arthur Laurents' clever but empty Invitation To A March.

Clearly the most provocative plays are all imported originals -- A Taste Of Honey, by Britain's young ( 19 when she wrote it ) Shelagh Delaney ; ;

Becket, by France's Jean Anouilh ; ;

The Hostage ( closed ), by Ireland's Brendan Behan.