I consider him the greatest playwright of the last hundred years, likely more if I think about it. You will read much reminiscence about him in the next few weeks and I'll not add mine, except that we read "After Magritte" aloud when the boys were young. My father had played Inspector Foote in community theater. What I will give you is the best piece about his use of philosophy, physics, and especially mathematics in both comedy and drama. Order Versus Randomness: What Math Can Teach Us About the Stage. Chaos Theory, The Seven Bridges of Konigsburg, prime numbers, recursiveness, sensitive dependence - lovely stuff.
As I don't see movies, I don't know much except that he rescued several under pseudonyms.
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