From my research notes -- I came across old newspaper archives that detailed the performance of Twain's play "Becoming an Editor" in 1907-1908 on the NY stage. The play was an adaptation by French writer Gabriel Timmory. Literary agent Elisabeth Marbury and Roi Cooper Megrue helped negotiate the deal. Arnold Daly starred in the leading role on the NY stage. Both Daly and Timmory wrote Twain regarding the play, but once again no reply by Twain to either man seems to have been recovered. In 2006 Shelley Fishkin graciously sent me some copies of correspondence between Megrue and Isable Lyon dated 8 Aug. 1905 discussing Timmory's contract to make the adaptation. A search today in the historical newspaper databases for the key words timmory and twain brings up 37 hits dated 1907 about the play. Barb