Tokyo International Players directed by Hannah Grace Feb 2016: "The Language Archive" by Julia Cho, directed by Brian Berdanier Jan 2016: "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" by Edward Albee, directed by Ross Williams (Second Stage production) Oct 2015: "Richard O Brien's The Rocky Horror Show", music, lyrics, and book by Richard O'Brien, directed by Jonah Hagans Jun 2015: "Condorguy" by Ken Clement, directed by Jonah Hagans (Second Stage production) May 2015: "The Secret Garden" based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon, directed by Alysha Haran Feb 2015: "A Flea in Her
Frances Hodgson Burnett stressed the age difference—Townsend was ten years younger than she—and she referred to him as her secretary. Biographer Ann Thwaite doubts he loved her. She claims at that time the 50-year-old Burnett was "stout, rouged and unhealthy". Thwaite believes Townsend needed her to help with his acting career and support him financially. Within months, in a letter to her sister, she admitted the marriage was in trouble. She described Townsend as scarcely sane and hysterical. Thwaite argues Townsend blackmailed her into the marriage: he wanted money from her and he wanted to control her as a husband. Unable to bear