The Dying Gaul: A PeaceBang Review

Did anyone see “The Dying Gaul,” based on a Craig Lucas play by the same name and directed by the playwright? It was a 1995 production starring Patricia Clarkson, Peter Skarsgaard and Campbell Scott. Reviews and a precis are here.
This was a finely acted piece about a Hollywood producer who seduces a gay writer into selling his beautiful screenplay (also called “The Dying Gaul”) to the studio for a million dollars on one condition: that he change one of the lovers in the story to a woman. After the deed is done, the pair easily move into a sexual relationship, and soon after that into a triangular intrigue of manipulation, lies and a lot of internet chatting. There’s some New Age bathos, a touch of Lucas’ earlier screenplay “Longtime Companion,” and an obvious attempt to create something that at least touches the hem of the garment […]