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Up On the Roof

           Hehadwrittenherabouttheplay,whichwascalledTheLittleSchool,describingthebasicconflictbetweenDenker,agiftedstudentwhohadfailedintobecomingthebrutalandbrutalizingheadmasterofaturn-of-the-centuryNewEnglandprepschool,andGaryBenson,thestudentheseesasayoungerversionofhimself.PhyllishadwrittenbackexpressinginterestandadmonishinghimtoreadO’Caseybeforesittingdowntoit.Shehadwrittenagainearlierthatyearaskingwherethehellwastheplay?HehadwrittenbackwrylythatTheLittleSchoolhadbeenindefinitely-andperhapsinfinitely-delayedbetweenhandandpage"inthatinterestingintellectualGobiknownasthewriter’sblock."Nowitlookedasifshemightactuallygettheplay.Whetherornotitwasanygoodorifitwouldeverseeactualproductionwasanothermatter.Andhedidn’tseemtocareagreatdealaboutthosethings.Hefeltinawaythattheplayitself,thewholething,wastheroadblock,acolossalsymbolofthebadyearsatStovingtonPrep,themarriagehehadalmosttotaledlikeanuttykidbehindthewheelofanoldjalopy,themonstrousassaultonhisson,theincidentintheparkinglotwithGeorgeHatfield,anincidenthecouldnolongerviewasjustanothersuddenanddestructiveflareoftemper.HenowthoughtthatpartofhisdrinkingproblemhadstemmedfromanunconsciousdesiretobefreeofStovingtonandthesecurityhefeltwasstiflingwhatevercreativeurgehehad.Hehadstoppeddrinking,buttheneedtobefreehadbeenjustasgreat.HenceGeorgeHatfield.

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