I was there, in the theater, the night that The Inheritance was shown for the first time by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1964. My ex-wife's uncle was a Vice President of the Union, and all of the union leaders -- old men mostly -- were there in the audience. In addition, sitting in the row right ahead of me, was NormanThomas, the most famous American socialists in the last Century, a many times candidate for the Presidence as a Socialist. If I remember correctly, both Judy Collins, who sang the theme song and Robert Ryan, were also present. It was and remains one of the most moving experiences of my life at the time, and I was hugely fond of Lampell, who also wrote The Lomesome Train, the magnificent opera about the funeral train of Lincoln. Lampell was blacklisted during the reign of terror by Joe McCarthy, greatly restricting the career of this most talented and passionate American.