Papa And The Playwright

Papa and the PlaywrightThere used to be a popular literary pastime called "Imaginary Conversations." The idea was to bring together in imagination great men or women who never met in reality, and improvise dialog to fit the situation. The more disparate the pair, the better: What, for instance, would St. Francis of Assisi have said to the Marquis de Sade? And what would a fly on the wall have gleaned from a chat between Noel Coward and Lenin? I often play the game in my mind, and one o...