The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

On November 20 1920 Dawn Powell met and married Joseph Gousha an aspiring poet. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Big Night (play).

Dawn Powell (November 28 1896 – November 14 1965) was an American writer of novels and stories.