Word: yseult
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...play, "They Knew What They Wanted," won the Pulitzer prize in the late Twenties, go to the Shubert and see its revival with Paul Muni. In his preface Howard claims timelessness for his play, since "it is shamelessly, consciously, and even proudly derived from the legend of Tristram and Yseult...
...Tristram and Yseult legend is indeed timeless. Unfortunately Howard's play is not. Perhaps this is because it is untrue to the legend. It is a comedy; sympathy is with the husband, his wife loves him after all, and the lover goes off to 'Frisco. The poignancy of the husband's forgiveness is thus lost, doubly so today with the stigma of adultery in its present washed-out condition...
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