He was a fine playwright with the potential to be a major one, but more than many of his peers he had difficulty getting his work produced.

To the Editor: John Chodes may be a fine playwright but he is no lawyer.

It is as important for a regional theater to reclaim the reputation of our finest playwrights by investigating their neglected works.

Nearly all the world's musicals originate from Britain, the finest playwrights, car designers, print designers, photographers and artists.

So did a dazzling assembly of some of this country's finest playwrights.

The Play has made it onto Broadway and this shows the immense talent of this fine playwright.

And what should have been an apotheosis of a fine playwright instead registers as just another opening of another show in a so-so season.

Most of America's finest playwrights have held romance at a distance.

Sadallah Wannus, one of Syria's finest playwrights and critics, agrees.

"He is one of our finest playwrights," she said.