From "The Memoirs, Chapter Sixteen" -

            Then Ed Weingold had somehow talked the directors of a little theater on lower Broadway to let him direct the last play they would be doing in their theater before they moved on to a new location.  It was called “Lenz” (it’s a last name) by some heavy German expressionist, you know.  I remembered Ed directing "Lower Depths," another dark German expressionist, you know.  And, it being the last play in the place, I even managed to tear down the back wall of the stage to an impressive effect of far distance into the German countryside.

            I painted a roll-down front drop with the title to greet the audience as they came in and to keep the view of the set in suspense.

            It was a magnificent set, all browns and tilted and forced-perspective   As the front drop slowly rolled up, the set got an applause from the audience, the first I'd ever received.

            Ed and I always worked together well, and we would do lots more.

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