 Rodgers also blamed the casting of Traubel, whom he considered wrong for the part.Hammerstein's grandson, Oscar A. Hammerstein, in his book about his family, agreed with Rodgers's view of Traubel—"too much Brunhilde, not enough Miss Kitty [the barkeeper on "Gunsmoke"]".The elder Hammerstein's biographer, Hugh Fordin, tied the failure of the play to the lyricist's prudery