Taylor Mac, whose new play ‘Prosperous Fools’ is loosely inspired by ‘Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,’ and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of ‘The Imaginary Invalid,’ talk satire, philanthropy, ...

A review of ‘Peter Hall’s Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle,’ by Peter Hall, edited by John Goodwin, Harper and Row, New York, NY. 416 pp, $25 cloth. Available May.