You Can't Take It With You: A Child's View

As a kid, I used to bring home the plays of Kaufman and Hart from the local library and read them aloud with my little sister and my little brother, Elisa and Mark, on long Saturday afternoons. I don't recall how I discovered George S. Kaufman exactly but he somehow found me; he really made me laugh. His legend also appealed to me fiercely -- the stinging Kaufman wit behind the laconic Kaufman exterior: George S. Kaufman, in a telegram sent backstage to an over-emoting actor: "I am watching your...