Also for my housing and expenses. I got nothing. An education in a tinkertoy world compared with what I was used to in Hollywood. Since then I've had theaters padlocked before we could open. I've chosen the wrong actors and suffered for it.
Some people say break a leg before an opening.
But not to me. I actually had an actress break her leg in the final dress rehearsal, which caused us to lose so much money out of town that we had no reserves when we came into New York and had to close while the play was still finding its audience. You bet I have. First and foremost, I got the copyright. Every playwright automatically receives all those artistic rights that screenwriters and television writers have spent their lives fighting for and still don't have.