![]() Delmore Schwartz, as he got older, was suffering from mental illness and so really the play is largely about Delmore Schwartz’s falling into a mental decline and how really supportive Milton Klonsky was to their friendship. “My character, Milton Klonsky, was always in the shadow of Delmore Schwartz. ![]() He wasn’t a very good poet but he was a very good non-fiction writer and really wrote a lot of scholarly books along with being an editor for a lot of poetry anthologies.”Ĭraddock explained how their differing talents helped shape their friendship and created fertile ground for the play, written by Romulus Linney. He wanted to be a poet but couldn’t do it. Klonsky – Milton Klonsky – was more of a failed poet. His poetry is collected in a lot of modern poetry anthologies, modern poetry. “One is Delmore Schwartz who is a famous poet. ![]() “So really it’s about two poets,” said Craddock. will present “Klonsky and Schwartz” with virtual performances on June 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 7:30 p.m.Īctor Brad Craddock, who plays Milton Klonsky in the production, discussed the show Tuesday during News 8 at Noon. ![]()
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