Much more important, the Bank would need to have some confidence that those numbers were not going to be constantly - and extensively - revised.

BBC: The Bank of England, the chancellor, and the target

But while Mr. Wilson revised the script extensively between 1979 and 2000, when the final version of the play was performed Off Broadway, he never got the second act quite right.

WSJ: Jitney | August Wilson | The Verbal Music of Life | Theater Review by Terry Teachout