Hilton Als: Zoe Caldwell in David Adjmi’s “Elective Affinities.”
After Mrs. Alice Hauptmann (Zoe Caldwell) held my right hand in her small, scarlet-nailed fingers and looked at me spiritlessly while smiling a perfunctory little smile for what felt like a long time, then said something about how long it had been since I’d visited her at . . . (Subscription required.)