That mystery - novel success led Vidal to write in other genres .
Vidal produced the stageplay The Best Man : A Play about Politics ( 1960 ) and the television play Visit to a Small Planet ( 1957 ) .
That mystery - novel success led Vidal to write in other genres and he produced the stageplay The Best Man : A Play about Politics ( 1960 ) and the television play Visit to a Small Planet ( 1957 ) .