His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy — husband and wife in real life — starred in the original Broadway production of “The Gin Game,” directed by Mike Nichols.
Several Democrats who fought to steer federal money to their states and districts have boasted about their success even after voting against the bill that provided the funds.