Gordone, Charles
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Charles Gordone (1925-1995) playwright, director and actor, was best known for his 1970 Pulitzer Prize-winning play,"No Place to Be Somebody". For over forty years he directed more than thirty-four productions, including "The Iceman Cometh," "Mamzel Jolie," "Night of the lguana." "No Place to be Somebody," "The Colored Museum," "The Glass Menagerie," "Of Mice and Men," "Death of a Salesman," "Book of the Dead," and "Faust." Gordone had his work produced on Broadway, off-Broadway, in Europe, and in American regional, college, and community theaters. His acting credits include roles in the theater, television, and film.
From the guide to the Charles Gordone collection, 1962-1995, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)
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