Miscellaneous screen, stage, and radio scripts, ca. 1859-2007.
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Nemiroff, Robert B., 1929-1991
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Robert B. Nemiroff (born October 29, 1929, New York City – died July 18, 1991, New York City), American theater producer and songwriter, and the husband of Raisin in the Sun playwrite Lorraine Hansberry....
Hansberry, Lorraine Vivian, 1930-1965
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Lorraine Hansberry (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois - died January 12, 1965, New York City), African-American playwright, writer and activist, is best known for her play, "A Raisin in the Sun." Born in 1930 in Chicago to real estate broker, Carl Hansberry and Nannie Louise Perry (her uncle was the Africanist scholar, William Leo Hansberry), Lorraine grew up on the south side of Chicago. "A Raisin in the Sun" was inspired by her father's legal battle against a racially restrictive covenant ...
Stoller, Mike
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London. ...
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...
Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-2021
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Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987)...
Havel, Václav, 1936-2011
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Václav Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. After participating in the Prague Spring and being blacklisted after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, he became more politically active and helped found several dissident initiatives, including Charter 77 and the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted. His political activities brough...
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...
Mcnally, Terrence
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Terrence McNally, playwright and screenwriter. From the description of Frankie and Johnny : screenplay, 1990, September 13 - 1991, February 6. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122627140 Terrence McNally, playwright. From the description of Master class: typescript, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608431 From the description of Lips together, teeth apart: typescript, 1991. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id...
Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880
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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...
Holmberg, Arthur, 1944-
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Arthur Holmberg (1944-) received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard, where he has taught courses in English, French, comparative literature, and drama. Cambridge University Press recently published his book The Theatre of Robert Wilson, the first comprehensive study of this innovative director's work. Currently, Mr. Holmberg is writing a book on David Mamet, also for the Cambridge University Press. He served as United States editor for The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre...
Lang, V. R., 1924-1956
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Violet Ranney Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. From the description of V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367343 From the description of V. R. Lang additional papers, 1947-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612199157 Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge,...
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
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A radio and television performer, actor, composer, pianist, and singer. From the description of [Papers] / Steve Allen. 1956-1973. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 14228108 Renowned American comedian, composer, lyricist, musician, television pioneer, performer, and author. From the description of Steve Allen papers, 1951-2000. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49244609 Steve Allen (1921-2000), comedian, co...
Ebb, Fred, 1928-2004
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Fred Ebb was born in the Bronx on April 8, 1928. He grew up in New York and studied at New York University and Columbia University. By 1951, songs with Ebb lyrics were being published and one of his early efforts was recorded by Judy Garland. Ebb's primary collaborator throughout the 1950s was Paul Klein, though he worked with several composers, including Mary Rodgers and Charles Strouse. With Klein, Ebb wrote many songs, some of which were in the Broadway revue, From A to Z (1960) as well as se...
Kander, John, 1927-
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John Kander, born March 18, 1927, composer, known for his work in the musical theater. He is a frequent collaborator with Fred Ebb....
Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926-....
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Parks, Suzan-Lori, 1963-
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Suzan-Lori Parks (born May 10, 1963) is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks is the first African American woman to achieve this honor for drama. Parks was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She grew up with two siblings in a military family. Parks enjoyed writing poems and songs and created a newspaper with her brother, called the "Daily Daily". Parks attended high school in West Germany, where her ...
Foote, Horton
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Horton Foote, playwright. From the description of The day Emily married : typescript, 2004. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79467997 ...
Carnelia, Craig
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Stitt, Milan
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"The runner stumbles," producted at the Hartman Theatre, in Stamford, Conn., 1975, and at the Little Theatre, New York, 1976. From the description of Me for the Devil; a play in three acts [1965?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370509 ...
Scott, Frank
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Frank Scott was born in Fargo in 1921. After playing in an orchestra in Ohio he began a 12-year career as music director and pianist for WDAY Radio in Fargo. In 1956 the family relocated to California and he became an arranger and accompanist on the Lawrence Welk Show. His wife Jeanette died in 1979. He remained active in music and arranging and at the time of his death in 1995 he lived at Palm Desert, California and had his own band. In 1993 he married Audrey (Remme) Roseland, originally from F...
Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds
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Mrs. Hapgood was born January 29, 1894. She graduated in two years from the three year program at L'Ecole Speciale Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, the branch of the University of Paris that provided training for the consular and diplomatic service. At 21 she was appointed the first head of the newly created Russian department at Columbia University, a position she occupied until her marriage a year later. In 1916 she married Norman Hapgood, a prominent journalist and stat...
Gagliano, Frank.
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Jendresen, Erik
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Ceprati, I. H.
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Chase, Mary Coyle.
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Thomas, Hugh, author
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Schmidt, Paul
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Partridge, Anne.
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Finley, Mark
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Lorente, Mariano Joaquín 1883-
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Smith, Sid, director.
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Cacoyannis, Michael
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Ducovny, Amram
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Sonnenschein, Michael
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Haimsohn, George, author and lyricist
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Roberts, Rhoda, lyricist.
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Stock, Alan
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Wallach, Ira
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Martin, Herbert, lyricist.
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Trench, Fiachra
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Miller, Helen, composer
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Kasdan, Lawrence, 1949-....
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Black, Don and Charles Hart, lyricist.
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Morley, John, author
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John J. Sheehan, sound environment by.
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Kloves, Steve
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Steve Kloves, screenwriter. Michael Chabon, author of original material. From the description of Wonder boys: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430751 ...
Varcona, Jose L.
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Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987
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Bob Fosse, choreographer of original works. Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking, co-conceivers. From the description of Fosse: typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651950 Bob Fosse was an American musical theater and film dancer, choreographer and director. He was born on June 23, 1927 and died Sept. 23, 1987. Gwen Verdon was an American musical theater and film dancer and actress. She was born on Jan. 13,1925 and died on Oct. 18...
Shepard, Sam
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Ehle, John, 1925-....
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John Marsden Ehle Jr., author of novels and works of non-fiction, was born in Asheville, N.C., and has lived most of his adult life in Winston-Salem. He served as special assistant to North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford, 1963-1964, and has been instrumental in establishing and furthering many significant educational, desegregation, and anti-poverty projects. He is married to British actress Rosemary Harris. From the description of John Ehle papers, 1942-1993. WorldCat record id: 31...
Strouse, Charles
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Arnold Arnstein was born in Budapest in 1898, and came to New York with his family when he was 4 years old. After attending Stuyvesant High School, he graduated from City College in 1919, with a degree in chemistry. He played violin until an accident prevented further study. In 1925 he began to work for Paramount Publix Corporation as a music copyist. By 1932 he was able to set up his own office on west 72nd Street in New York City which he used until his death. Over the...
Margoshes, Steven, composer.
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Besoyan, Rick, composer and lyricist
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Grossman, Larry
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Ashton, Kerry.
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Dawson, Gregory
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Previn, Dory
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Hoiby, Lee, composer
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Udell, Peter, lyricist
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Forrest, Belford.
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Goldsmith, Josh
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Rasi, Luigi, 1852-1918
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Sobieski, Carol
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Walsh, Fran, 1959-
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Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, screenwriters. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of source material. From the description of The lord of the rings : the fellowship of the ring: typescript, 2001. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517211 ...
Chapman, Robert
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Epithet: Servant to the Marchioness of Normanby British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0001db Epithet: merchant adventurer and draper, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0001b4 Epithet: public notary and procurator of the Arches British Library Archives and M...
Schubert, Franz, composer.
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
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Edgar Rice Burroughs (b. September 1, 1875, Chicago, IL – d. March 19, 1950, Encino, CA) was an American writer best known for the Tarzan series....
Fellowes, Julian.
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...
Taylor, Tim
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Schulman, Roger S. H.
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Suter, W. E.
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Taylor, John
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Epithet: of Liverpool; of Add MS 42582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0002ad Epithet: Merchant of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x00027d Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0002af Epithet: of ...
Cacoyannis, Michael, translator.
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Hammond, Drew
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Hardin, Chad and Dan Schillaci, composer and lyricist.
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Mandel, Mel
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Leveille, Claude, composer.
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Berc, Shelley
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Durang, Christopher, 1949-
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Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s. Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You was Durang's watershed play as it brought him to national prominence when it won him—at the age of 32—the Obie Award for Best Playwright (1980). His play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award f...
Baitz, Jon Robin, 1961-
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Harwood, Ronald
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Carell, Steve, 1963-....
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Aman, John
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Webb, Addison.
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Burton, Gabrielle
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Harvey, Helen
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Griffin, Theodore
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Matura, Mustapha
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Playwright and screenwriter. Mustapha Matura was born in Trinidad, West Indies, 1939. He was educated in Roman Catholic intermediate school. Since 1968 Matura has been a full-time writer, founder and chairman of Black Theatre Co-operative, and advisor of International Theater Institute. Most of his plays are published, and were staged in London and New York City. As a screenwriter, Matura is the author of "Murders of Boysie Singh," 1972, and the co-author of the televisi...
Newley, Anthony.
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Betts, Jim
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Schweikert, Jeff, music by.
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La Frenais, Ian.
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Prince, Harold, director.
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Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973
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American writer. From the description of Jane Bowles Collection, 1944-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122602047 American expatriate author. From the description of Papers of Jane Bowles, 1966-1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136010 The author Jane Auer Bowles, 1917-1973, published one novel, Two Serious Ladies (1943); one play, In the Summer House ...
Ragni, Gerome
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Gerome Ragni (1935-1991) was a stage actor and musical theater lyricist and librettist active from the 1950s through the 1980s, who achieved renown as one of the authors and original stars of the musical, Hair (1968). Born Jerome Bernard Ragni in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended suburban Scott Township High School, where he appeared in various school productions. In 1954, Ragni made his professional stage debut in a Washington D.C. production, Shadow and Substance. His acting c...
Black Sun Books.
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Rauch, Earl Mac, 1949-
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Carroll, Vinnette
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Johnson, Denis, 1949-....
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Korie, Michael, lyricist.
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Kellogg, Peter, book and lyrics by
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Mann, Emily
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Emily Mann, playwright. From the description of Execution of justice: typescript, 1985. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485820 ...
Baitz, John Robin.
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Sears, Joe
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
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American author and intellectual. From the description of Authors take sides on Vietnam : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], 1968 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870148 Susan Sontag was an influential and controversial American writer, director, and political activist. She was born in New York city on January 16, 1933, raised in Tucson and Los Angeles. In 1949 she graduated from North Hollywood High School and began her undergraduate work at the University of C...
Robinson, Thomas Porter, 1905-
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Sherman, Martin
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Shyamalan, M. Night.
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M. Night Shyamalan, screenwriter. From the description of Signs : an original screenplay : screenplay, 2001. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468022 ...
Proulx, Annie
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Donohue, Jack, 1908-1984
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Jack Donohue was a television and theater director during the twentieth century. Donohue directed a number of Broadway musicals during the 1940s and 1950s, including "Top Banana" (1951-1952), "Mr. Wonderful" (1956-1957), and "Rumple" (1957). Donohue turned to television directing during the 1960s and directed a number of popular television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including "The Lucy Show" (1962-1968), "Here's Lucy" (1968-1974), and "Chico and the Man" (1974-1978). He also directed sev...
Ellroy, James, 1948-....
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Furth, George, 1932-2008
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George Furth was born George Schweinfurth in Chicago, Illinois on December 14, 1932. He received a Bachelor of Science in Speech from Northwestern University in 1954 and a master's degree from Columbia University. After completing his education, he served in the Navy until being honorably discharged in 1962. Furth began his theatrical career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in the 1961 comedy, A Cook for Mr. General. In 1963, he appeared in the revue Hot Spot, whic...
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
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British author, best known for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes. From the description of Letter : South Norwood, to Major Pond, 1894 May 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57008581 English physician, novelist and detective-story writer. From the description of Papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [manuscript], 1893-1985 (bulk 1893-1927). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816353 Doyle was an English mystery writer perh...
Clement, Dick.
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Kempinski, Tom
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Leonardo, Joe
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Lange, Michael, director.
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Sachs, Norman
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Friedman, Leon
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Zwigoff, Terry
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Hardin, Chad, author
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Hamlisch, Marvin, composer
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Jory, Jon, author.
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Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981
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Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981) was born Sidney Aaron Chayefsky in the Bronx, New York. While recovering from injuries sustained while serving in the U.S. Army during WWII he began to write. He spent the rest of his life writing for the stage as well as the screen. From the guide to the Paddy Chayefsky TV Script, 1954, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981) was born Sidney Aaron Chayefsky in the Bronx, New York. While...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...
DeMille, Cecil R., production.
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Laurents, Arthur, author
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Driver, Donald, book and lyrics by
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Wilson, Larry
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Martin, Herb, lyricist
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Sackler, Howard
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Gidney, James B.
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Anderson, Maxwell
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Bryan, Grace.
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Fawkes, Richard
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Baumbach, Noah, 1969-....
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Grenier, Richard, adapter.
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New York Public Library
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The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, i...
Romero, George A.
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Kanin, Fay, author
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
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Brecht was a German dramatist and poet. Karl Korsch was a Marxist theoretician. From the description of Correspondence with Karl Korsch, 1934-ca.1954. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122556373 From the guide to the Bertolt Brecht correspondence with Karl Korsch, ca. 1934-1954., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Reyersbach was a pediatrician with special training in endocrinology and rheumatic diseases; she came to the U.S. in ...
Revere, Stephen L.
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Coe, Peter
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McPherson, Colin, 1964-
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Holland, Endesha Ida Mae, 1944-2006
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Endesha Ida Mae Holland (August 29, 1944 – January 25, 2006) was an American scholar, playwright, and civil rights activist. She earned a BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Minnesota, where she helped start an African-American studies department....
Sklar, George, 1908-1988
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Playwright. From the description of Reminiscences of George Sklar : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481303 George Sklar, playwright. From the description of Brown pelican : typescript, 1972. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122627064 From the description of And people all around : typescript, 1966, August. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652456 ...
Hwang, David Henry
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Rosenberg, Edgar.
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Elliott, Ted, 1961-....
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Rabinowitz, Robert
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Gay, John
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Epithet: of Add MS 42922 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x0002e6 John Gay is considered to be an expert on the subect of the Westernization of traditional societies. A priest, professor and scholar, Gay often writes about the civil war conflicts in Liberia and the clash between Westernization and traditional culture in his novels, articles and non-fiction works, His works include: ...
Gialanella, Victor
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Hampton, Christopher, translator.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
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Anton Chekhov, playwright. From the description of Uncle Vanya : scenes from country life in four acts : typescript, 1988, 26 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466752 From the description of Ivanov: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122486670 Anton Chekhov, playwright. Michael Henry Heim, translator. From the description of Uncle Vanya: typescript, 1976. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id...
Benchleu, Nathaniel.
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Kornbluth, Jesse
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Schwartz, Stephen, composer and lyricist.
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Gaghan, Stephen
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Stephen Gaghan, screenwriter. Simon Moore, author of original material. From the description of Traffic: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626106 ...
Norman, Marc, 1941-
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Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, screenwriters. From the description of Shakespeare in love : screenplay, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468058 ...
Hotchner, A. E.
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American author and playwright; born Aaron Edward Hotchner in St. Louis, Mo. in 1920, graduated from Washington University and Washington University School of Law in 1941. From the description of Papers, 1944-1990. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26089694 ...
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981
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Anita Loos, screenwriter and novelist, was born on April 26, 1893, in Sisson, CA, the daughter of R. Beers and Minnie Ellen Loos. Miss Loos wrote the subtitles for D. W. Griffith's film, Intolerance, in 1916. Her best known work is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She died on August 18, 1981, at the age of 93. From the guide to the Anita Loos papers, 1917-1981, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) American author and screenwriter. From the descrip...
Leonard, Michael, composer.
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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...
Geld, Gary, composer
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Gelbart, Larry
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Biography Larry Simon Gelbart was born in Chicago, IL, Feb. 25, 1923-28 (sources vary); at age 16 he began comedy writing for radio's Maxwell House Coffee Times; from 1946-52, he continued writing for a variety of radio series such as "Duffy's Tavern" (1946), "Command Performance" (1946-47), and "The Bob Hope Show" (1949-52); started writing for television in 1950 and worked on shows including "The Red Buttons Show" and "Caesar's Television C...
Parish, Mitchell, lyricist.
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Spewack, Bella
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Peters, Stephen, 1947-
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Ellsler, John A. (John Adam), 1821 or 1822-1903
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American actor, manager. From the description of John A. Ellsler letters, 1851-1881. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 643245546 click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for John Adam Ellsler John Adam Ellsler (1822-1903) was an actor, producer, manager, and theater builder in Cleveland, Ohio, and other cities in Ohio and throughout the United States. From the guide to the John Adam Ellsler Papers, 1...
Ceprati, I. H. and Cheryl Ceprati
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Seros, Alexandra
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Hill, Lucienne, translator.
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Shaw, Irwin
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Author Irwin Shaw was born in New York and educated at Brooklyn College; after graduation he wrote for radio serials to help support his destitute family. He became a successful playwright, which led to work on various movies, including both original screenplays and adaptations. He gradually shifted his emphasis to short stories, and produced a series of acclaimed stories for New Yorker and other periodicals. He was a non-combatant in World War II but, traveling with a filmmaking unit, he witnes...
Russell, Ken, screenwriter
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Hackett, Albert
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Author, actor; interviewee b. 1900. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Hackett : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632015 Authors; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert and Frances Hackett : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737533 ...
McAfee, Don, composer
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John, Errol, 1924-1988
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Blackwell, Vera, translated and adpated for radio.
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Regina, Victoria.
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Lebowsky, Stanley, composer
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Margulies, Donald.
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Donald Margulies, playwright. From the description of Sight unseen: typescript, 1989-1991. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485765 From the description of Sight unseen : typescript, 2004. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468013 From the description of Dinner with friends: typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485787 ...
Galati, Frank
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Frank Joseph Galati, Jr. was born on November 29, 1943 in Highland Park, Illinois to Frank Galati, Sr. and Virginia Galati. Bbeginning in 1962, Galati attended Northwestern University as an undergraduate, where he was an active member of the University's dramatic performances. Galati eventually earned a Master's and Ph.D. in Speech from NU; he joined the University's faculty in 1972. In addition to academics, Galati became an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble in 1985 a...
Blechman, Burt, 1927-....
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....
Bridges, James
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Epithet: of Add MS 46125 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000078 Epithet: Writer to the Signet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000079 ...
Adamson, Harold, lyricist
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Stone, Forrest M.
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Gallo, Guy J.
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Burstein, Lonnie, lyricist
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Kinoy, Ernest, author
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Knight, Albert J., producer
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Cocks, Jay
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Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, screenwriters. From the description of Gangs of New York : screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60659862 Jay Cocks, screenwriter; Martin Scorsese, screenwriter. From the description of The age of innocence : screenplay, 1991 Dec. 3. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122346116 ...
Montgomery, Robert, author and composer.
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Ayrton, Norman
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Dalby, John
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Epithet: Major; of Castle Donington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x00034e ...
Weill, Kurt, composer.
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Gammons, David R.
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Anouilh, Jean
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French dramatist. From the description of Jean Anouilh correspondence authorizing performance of plays, 1942-1969. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 60526849 From the description of Jean Anouilh correspondence authorizing performance of plays, 1942-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165240 Jean Anouilh, the French playwright, was born in Bordeaux on June 23, 1910. He came to prominence as early as 1932 with the success of L'hermine at the Théâtre de l'Oeuv...
von Holter, Carl
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Foreman, Carl
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Movie writer, producer; interviewee b. 1914, d. 1984. From the description of Reminiscences of Carl Foreman : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122441114 ...
Shaw, Bernard
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Epithet: of Add MS 35745 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000e7 ...
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953
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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) In 1931, Scribner published two of Rawlings' short stories, Jacob's ladder and Cracker chidlins, both describing poor, backcountry Florida. Some of Rawlings' neighbors were angered by wh...
Rokos, Will
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Heslov, Grant, 1963-....
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Jacobson, Kenneth, composer
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Stoop, Norma McLain
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Stone, Ezra, staged & supervised by
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Wallace, Naomi
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Irving, Laurence, 1895-1979
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Jovanovič, Dušan, 1971-
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Durrenmatt, Friedrich
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was a well known Swiss author and dramatist known for his use of epic theater which involved the audience in theatrical debate. James Sandoe, University of Colorado professor who worked for Norlin Library, as well as the departments of Theater, English, Film Studies, and Humanities donated this translation. Sandoe directed performances of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (1961-1973) as well as the Ashland (Oregon) Festival. F...
Hall, Lee
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Addica, Milo
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Milo Addica and Will Rokos, co-screenwriters. From the description of Monster's ball: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122579671 ...
West, Mae, 1893-1980
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Mae West (b. Mary Jane West, Aug.t 17, 1893, Brooklyn, NY–d. Nov. 22, 1980, Los Angeles, CA) was an actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol, known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence. She began her career in vaudeville and on the stage in New York City before moving to Hollywood to become a comedian, actress, and writer in the motion picture industry....
Coen, Ethan
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Mode, Becky
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Grimaldi, Maurizio
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Marc Shaiman
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Schmidt, Paul, translator.
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Harris, Albert, conceived by
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Schamus, James, 1959-....
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Blackwell, Vera, translator and radio adapter.
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Cameron, James
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Feiffer, Jules
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Jules Feiffer was born January 26, 1929 in the Bronx, NY. He attended Art Student's League and Pratt Institute. He is married with two daughters. He is a play writer, cartoonist and satirist. His cartoons have appeared in the Village Voice>, New York City, Observer>, London and others. His cartoons are syndicated and distributed to more than one hundred newspapers in the United States and abroad. He is a member of the faculty of Yale University Drama School. Mr. Feiffer has won numberous a...
Dudzick, Tom
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Coleman, Cy, composer
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Allen, Ralph and David Campbell, book and lyrics by
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Bromberg, Conrad
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American author, dramatist, and television writer; b. 1937? From the description of Conrad Bromberg collection, [194-]-1978. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925529 ...
Holmburg, Arthur, compiler.
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Pinter, Harold
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Fanger, Iris M.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-....
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Damon, Matt
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Swerdlow, Robert.
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Porto-Riche, G. De.
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Mellon, James J.
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Jackson, Peter, 1961-
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Epithet: Vicar of Preston-nextFaversham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000147 Epithet: Captain of Hildburghausen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000146 ...
Link, Peter, composer
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McDowell, Michael, 1951-
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St. Germain, Mark, book by
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Stoppard, Tom
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Tom Stoppard, playwright. From the description of Jumpers : typescript, February 21, 2003. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79408761 British playwright, radio, television, and film script writer, and journalist. From the description of Papers, 1939-2000 (bulk 1970-2000). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122453089 Tom Stoppard. playwright. From the description of ...
Stassinopoulos, Arianna
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Dorf, Jon.
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Boyens, Philippa
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Uhry, Alfred, lyricist.
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Woodward, Bob, 1943-....
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On June 18, 1972, a Washington Post front page story reported the previous day's break-in at the Democratic National Committee's office in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Five men were arrested while attempting to photograph documents and place bugging devices in the offices. The White House dismissed the crime as a "third-rate burglary," and much of the nation's media soon dropped interest in what some jokingly referred to as "the Watergate caper." But two of the reporters...
Benedek, Barbara
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Schuetz, Dennis
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Palin, Michael
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Tom Moore, director.
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Zippel, David, lyricist
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Harwood, Ronald, screenwriter
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Clooney, George
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Bill, Stephen
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Jones, Terry, 1945-....
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Fraenkel, Helene
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Rossio, Terry
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Boelcskevy, Andres
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Coen, Joel
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Miss Effie Ellsler
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Robert Chapman.
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Wexo, John Bonnett
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Wright, Doug, author
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Lester, Gideon
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Walker, Don, 1951-
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Blatt, Jerry, composer
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Brackman, Jacob, lyricist.
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Poiret, Jean, 1926-
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Laurents, Arthur.
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Biographical Note 1917, July 14 Born, Brooklyn, New York 1937 B.A., English, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1941 Drafted into the U.S. Army Remained stateside and wrote training films and radio plays for the Army...
Gershe, Leonard
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Leonard Gershe was born in NY,1922; he began his career writing material for revues; he collaborated with composer Richard Adinsell on A Jabberwocky song and Sing, child, sing for the revue Tuppence coloured (1947); Gershe moved to Hollywood after forming a close professional relationship with composer-arranger Roger Edens and together they co-wrote Born in a trunk, performed by Judy Garland in A star is born (1954); his numerous credits include Destry Rides Again (1959), Funny Face (1957), Silk...
Crowe, Chris
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Weller, Michael, 1942-....
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Friedman, Ken.
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Festinger, Rob
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Anderson, Wessell
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Weiss, Peter
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
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Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia, as Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, the first born of Lamar and Marguerite Waters Smith. Though she moved from the South in 1934 and only returned for visits, most of her writing was inspired by her southern heritage. Her mother felt she had given birth to a genius from the time Carson was very young and always remained her staunchest supporter and strongest ally. When nine years of age, Lula began studying piano and practiced six to eight h...
Blakemore, Michael, director.
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Schmidman, Ann, director.
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Van Sant, Gus
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Colodny, Lester
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for Timothy Bleck.
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Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936
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Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright. Robert Cornthwaite, translator. From the description of Enrico IV: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533433 Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. From the description of Vestire gli ignudi : autograph manuscript : [Rome?, 1922?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270629221 First produced Jan. 8, 1958, at Theatre Royal, Strat...
Browne, E. Martin (Elliott Martin), 1900-1980
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English actor and producer, closely connected with the revival of poetic and religious drama in England, Browne was responsible for the first production (1935) of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral and produced all of Eliot's subsequent plays. He was director of the Pilgrim Players, the Mercury Theatre (1945- ) and the British Drama League (1945-1957); visiting professor at the Program in Religious Drama at Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. (1957-1962); and Honorary Drama Adviser to the New Cov...
Guare, John
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John Guare, American playwright, was born in New York City on February 5, 1938 and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. He was interested in theatre from a young age, writing his first play, "Universe," at age eleven. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University (1960) and his Master of Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama (1963). His early works were well-received comic one-act plays, including To Wally Pantoni, We Leave a Credenza (1964), Cop-Out (1968) and Muzzeha (19...
Davey, Shaun
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Hawkins, Jim
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Abdullah, Achmed, 1881-1945
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American fiction writer. From the description of Empress, [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813260 Born Nadir Khan-Romanoffski in Yalta, Crimea, 1881, and educated at Eton, École le Grand, Oxford, and the Sorbonne; he became a naturalized British subject and served in the British and British-Indian Army; his many writing credits include Broadway interlude, Pagan Love, Bucking the tiger, The remittance woman, and The lives of a Bengal Lancer...
Buchwald, Art
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McMurtry, Larry
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Hirson, Roger, author
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Newman, Paul S.
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Paul S. Newman was born on April 29, 1924, in New York City. He said, "Being premature and weighing a mere 2.2 pounds, I was rushed to the incubators, but not one was unoccupied. So on my first night in this world, I was forced to sleep with a girl ... it became addictive later on." At the age of 2 1/2, he was sent to the Walden School, a highly progressive John Dewey-type private school. There he learned how to hammer nails and cut wood, as well as dictate "poems" to his teacher. However, he wa...
Baldridge, Richard, adapted by.
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Cronenberg, David, 1943-....
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Lehman, Ernest
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Cerami, Vincenzo, 1940-2013
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Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni, screenwriters. From the description of Life is beautiful: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651998 ...
Chapman, Robert H.
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Berenbeim, Glenn
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Simpson, Alan
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Frankel, Scott, composer
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Jordon, Neil.
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Chaikin, Joseph
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Jellicoe, Ann
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Ann Jellicoe was born in Middlesborough in 1927. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama before working with fringe theatres. She acted and directed, but is best known for her work as a playwright. In 1962 she wrote 'The Knack' which was performed at the Royal Court and later adapted into a film. In the 1980s and 1990s she worked on Community Plays in several regions of Great Britain. From the guide to the Ann Jellicoe Collection, 1926-1990, (V&A Department of Theat...
Gould, John, composer.
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Goodrich, Frances
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Buchner, Georg
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Stillman, Joe
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Dietz, Howard, lyricist.
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Zippel, David
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Hanis, Ken.
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Avrech, Robert J.
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Hinton, S. E.
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Sandoval, Carlos
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Coulthard, Gabriel, translator.
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Effie E. Ellsler
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Meyers, Nancy, 1961-
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Shelley, Gladys, lyricist
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Campbell, Ken
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Mack, Carol K.
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Clowes, Daniel
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Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, screenwriters. From the description of Ghost world: typescript, 2000. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465496 ...
Boyd, Julianne, conceived by
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Tolan, Peter
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Morgan, Al and Jose Ferrer, author
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Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986
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Cohen, Joel H.
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Freeman, David, 1941-
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Epithet: of Tredegar House British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000227 ...
Leitch, Maurice, producer.
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Kennedy, Adrienne
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American playwright, memoirist, and educator. From the description of Papers, ca. 1954-1992. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494190 Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0003b8 Playwright and educator Adrienne Kennedy, the daughter of Cornell Wallace Hawkins and Etta Haugabook Hawkins,...
Alfred, William, 1922-1999
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William Alfred (1922-1999) was a playwright, poet and beloved Harvard professor specializing in early English literature. He was born in Brooklyn in 1922 to working-class parents, served in the Army tank corp in World War II, and received his doctoral degree in English from Harvard in 1954 before joining the faculty, where he stayed until 1991. Alfred's works include: Hogan's Goat, Agamemnon, The Curse of an Aching Heart, and Nothing Doing. Luminaries he taught, influenced, or corresponded with ...
Wolff, William A., collaborator.
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Friedman, Bruce Jay
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Schlitt, Robert
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Kline, Elmer L.
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Kushner, Tony
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Schlosser, Peter, composer.
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Corvo, Baron
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based on a story by Bishop, Michael.
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Lorick, Robert, lyricist.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
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Moreau, Rafael.
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Weinstein, Valerie A., director.
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Gray, Timothy, author.
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Calderon, ...
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Roth, Eric
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Toback, James
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Gorey, Edward
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Edward Gorey was born February 22, 1925, in Chicago, Ill, and died April 15, 2000, in Hyannis, MASS. He followed a career as author, illustrator, and designer. His books for children are generally regarded as nonsense fiction, while his writing for adults is more satirical. He is better known, however, for his illustrations. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 27, 70, 118; Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 29; Children's Literature...
Guare, John, music and lyrics by.
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King, Stephen, 1947-
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Stephen King is a well known American author. He is a graduate of the University of Maine, Class of 1970, and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1987. From the description of Literary papers 1968- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701520 ...
Lester, Gideon, translator.
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Jane Brooks.
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May, Elaine, 1932-....
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Philadelphia-born comic and scriptwriter. From the description of Scripts, 1962, 1971. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 79337112 Elaine May, screenwriter. From the description of Primary colors: screenplay, 1997 April 8. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517209 Death Defying Acts comprised: Central Park West by Woody Allen, An interview by David Mamet, Hotline by Elaine May. From the description of Hot...
Merrill, Bob
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Macleod, Wendy
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Young Liberal at polling booths in Perth WA for the 1966 Federal election. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1960-1993. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222756777 ...
Herzig, Sig, author
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Ball, William, librettist.
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Affleck, Ben, 1972-....
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Jimenez, Neal
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Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-....
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Castelli, I. F., original libretto
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Leiber, Jerry, lyricist
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Scott Wittman.
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Pilk, Henry
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Sweeney, Mary, 1948-
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Phillips, Irving, author
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Thornton, Billy Bob
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Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, screenwriters. From the description of The gift: screenplay, 2000. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533598 ...
Rivers, Joan.
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Belgrader, Andrei
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Fo, Dario
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Roy, William, composer and lyricist.
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Irving, John, 1959-....
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Epithet: of Add MS 20115 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x0002d7 ...
Horovitz, Israel
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Israel Horovitz (b. 1939) is an Obie and Drama Desk award-winning American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He was raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London from 1961 to 1963. In addition to a residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company (1965) and two Rockefeller Foundation fellowships in playwriting (1968 and 1969), Horovitz was also the playwright in residence at the City College of the City University of New York from 19...
Steve Saltonstall
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John Baxindine.
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Based on a concept by Michael Butler
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Champion, Gower, director and choreographer.
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Bob Fosse
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Dickens, Charles
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Mr. Dickens is a farmer and machinery dealer in Savannah, N.Y. From the description of Charles Dickens oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934414 ...
Uhry, Alfred
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Alfred Uhry, Atlanta-born playwright best known for his play DRIVING MISS DAISY, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987. From the description of Alfred Uhry papers, [ca. 1980-2000]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79462948 ...
Arlene Stern.
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Sznycer, Bernard W.
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Tobias, Fred, lyrics by.
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Valenti, Michael, composer.
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Kasha, Al and Joel Hirschhorn.
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Feldman, Jonathan
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Murphy, Ralph F., 1895-1967
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Murphy was a motion picture director. From the description of Papers, 1931-1968. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31212948 ...
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...
Garden, Graeme
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O'Horgan, Tom, conceived and directed by
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Inge, William
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William Motter Inge (1913-1973) was born in Independence, Kansas. He studied speech and drama at the University of Kansas and graduated in 1935. He received his Master's degree from George Peabody College at Nashville, Tennessee in 1938. He worked as a teacher, laborer, and theater critic. He is best-known as a playwright and novelist. In his lifetime he earned both a Pulitzer Prize for Picnic and an Academy Award for the screenplay to the motion picture Splendor in the Grass. His later works di...
Huston, William.
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Bricusse, Leslie.
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Spewack, Sam
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Strouse, Charles, composer
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Hampton, Christopher
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Niccol, Andrew
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Wheeler, Hugh, author
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Schwartz, Arthur, composer
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Eszterhas, Joe
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Luke, Peter.
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Gesner, Clark
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Nicholson, William
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Epithet: of Thurles British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000264 William Nicholson was the son of William Nicholson the scientist (1753-1815). From the guide to the The life of William Nicholson by his son William, 1780-5, 1868-74, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch xii.124, 125 and 127 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : P...
Pockriss, Lee, composer.
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Schwarz, Eugene
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Blackwell, Charles, author
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Boelcskevy, Mary Anne Stewart
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Cusack, John
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Lucas, Craig
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Apatow, Judd, 1967-....
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Euripides
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Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000153 ...
Eliscu, Edward, book and lyrics by
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Childress, Alice
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Pioneering African-American writer, actress and director Alice Childress (1916-1994) was popularly known for her best-selling novel, "A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich," and her plays, most notably "Wedding Band: A Love Story in Black and White." In the 1930s she met and married Alvin Childress, best known for his role as Amos in the television series, "Amos and Andy. "She was a founding member of the American Negro Theatre, and in 1944 she and her husband Alvin appeared in "Anna ...
Skaaren, Warren, 1946-1990
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American screenwriter; first director of the Texas Film Commission. From the description of Papers, 1946-1991 (bulk 1970-1990). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122453213 Screenwriter Warren Edward Skaaren, son of Morris and Pearl Skaaren, was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on March 9, 1946. He graduated from Rochester Community College in 1966 and enrolled at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Th...
Jung, Tsai Kuo.
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After Franz Kafka's novel.
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Schwartz, Stephen
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Freedley, George
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Lonergan, Kenneth.
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Kenneth Lonergan, playwright. From the description of This is our youth: typescript. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608436 From the description of The Waverly Gallery: typescript, 2000. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122607000 Kenneth Lonergan, screenwriter. From the description of You can count on me: screenplay, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122686788 Kenneth Lonergan, screenwriter. Pho...
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966
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Furth, George
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Hartman, Karen
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Terry, Megan.
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Williams, Jaston
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Fox, Declan T., producer
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Field, Todd
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Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-
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Frank Daniel Gilroy was an American author and filmmaker, best known for the prize-winning play, The Subject Was Roses. Born in The Bronx, New York, Gilroy joined the Army out of high school and served two and one-half years as a World War II infantryman before graduating from Harvard and studying at Yale. He began his career writing teleplays for various television shows before moving on to drama and finding success with Who'll Save the Plowboy? and The Subject Was Roses, which won a Tony Award...
Ludwig, Ken
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Ken Ludwig, playwright. From the description of Sullivan & Gilbert: typescript, 1982. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164355 From the description of Lend me a tenor: a comedy: typescript, 1988. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687184 ...
Helgeland, Brian
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Cass, Ronnie and Peter Myers, book and special lyricist.
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Lewine, Richard, producer
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Isham, Frederick S.
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Moresco, Robert
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Goldberg, Marshall, written by
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Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987
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Bob Fosse, choreographer of original works. Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking, co-conceivers. From the description of Fosse: typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651950 Bob Fosse was an American musical theater and film dancer, choreographer and director. He was born on June 23, 1927 and died Sept. 23, 1987. Gwen Verdon was an American musical theater and film dancer and actress. She was born on Jan. 13,1925 and died on Oct. 18...
Engles, Judy.
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Ling, Wang Hui
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Wang Hui Ling, co-screenwriter. James Schamus, co-screenwriter. Tsai Kuo Jung, co-screenwriter. Wang Du Lu, author of original material. From the description of Crouching tiger, hidden dragon: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122531640 ...
Scott, Bobby, composer
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Stewart, Michael, adapted by.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k21mz5 (person)
Sallie St. Clair.
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Holt, Will
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Will Holt, librettist. Linda Hopkins, concept. From the description of Me and Bessie: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430762 ...
Blessing, Lee
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Lee Blessing, playwright. From the description of Eleemosynary: typescript, 1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608462 From the description of Patient A: typescript, 1993. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580972 ...
Epperson, Tom.
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Padula, Edward, 1916-2001
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rp0t1x (person)
Edward Padula is a producer, director and writer for the American theater. He produced BYE BYE BIRDIE on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1960. From the guide to the Bye bye Birdie: a musical memoir, undated, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Edward Padula is a producer, director and writer for the American theater. He produced BYE BYE BIRDIE on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1960. From the descript...
Futterman, Dan, 1967-...
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Kaplan, Sol, composer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f9qc6 (person)
Caine, Jeffrey, 1944-
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Manhoff, Wilton
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Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6736pfd (person)
Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...
Fisher, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg77kj (person)
Epithet: Captain of the ' African,' E Indiaman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000187 ...
Waldman, Robert, composer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs9wsn (person)
Payne, Alexandre
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm45kf (person)
Eva LeGallienne.
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Sterns, Justin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g015vt (person)
Synge, J. M.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n72sxh (person)
Lind, Jakov, 1927-2007
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Molière
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Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
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Previews began Oct. 20, 1980, at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y. After 8 performances it closed without ever opening officially. Charles Kimbrough and Jack Weston were in the cast album released by Original Cast Records. From the description of One night stand / music and scoring by Jule Styne ; book and lyrics by Herb Gardner, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764469120 Composer of "Gypsy" and other music. From the description of Autograph ...
Hart, Moss; conceived and produced by
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m5smh (person)
Stassinopoulos, Arianna
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr3261 (person)
Lipton, James; book and lyrics
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Shaw, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc21vb (person)
Epithet: Merchant at Marseilles British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0000d0 Epithet: of Ballinodoe, near Sligo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0000d1 Epithet: Colonel; MP; lst Baronet 1821 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0000cf ...
Vane, Norman Thaddeus
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Romanska, Magda
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Ayres, Gerald
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Miss St. Clair
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k50482 (person)
Rabe, David
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp9vq9 (person)
Eyen, Tom; book and lyrics
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q5hnp (person)
Carapaee, Timothy.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6304jx0 (person)
Behan, Brendan
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Grainer, Ron, composer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr523f (person)
Martin, Herb, adapter
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DePury, Marianne, composer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x48bvz (person)
Wilson, Owen
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Laughton, Charles, translator.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc5sdr (person)
Kanin, Fay and Michael
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Roman, Lawrence.
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Truffaut, Francois
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Feingold, Michael, translator.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj7v7f (person)
Ustinov, Peter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q943nq (person)
Waldo Stewart.
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Noone, Ronan
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt3ffj (person)
Howard, Ed, 1960-
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Nelson, Richard
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Ashwander, Donald, composer.
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Rinehart, Patricia
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Gunn, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z614ff (person)
Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x0002bd Epithet: Reverend; BD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x0002be ...
David, Hal
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Sexton, Conway, author
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62b8ws0 (person)
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), novelist and playwright. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82555916 From the description of Thornton Wilder collection, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165470 Thornton Wilder was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. From the description of Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). (New York Public Library). WorldCat rec...
Cahn, Sammy, lyricist
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc7xn3 (person)
Blackwell, Vera, translator.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx9vnp (person)
Yuspa, Cathy, 1971-
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Thuna, Lee.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rd1gg7 (person)
Dashiell Hammett.
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Rado, James.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6058cvb (person)
Tesich, Steve, author
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Schiller, Friedrich
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Fitzhugh, Ellen, lyricist
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Magoon, Eaton Jr.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr296v (person)
Fornes, Maria Irene, 1930-2018
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María Irene Fornés (May 14, 1930 – October 30, 2018)[1] was a Cuban-American avant garde playwright and director, who was a leading figure of the off-off-Broadway movement in the 1960s. Always an iconoclast, each of Fornés's plays was its own world, all vastly different from each other. Whereas contemporary playwrights developed a signature style, the critical factor identifying a Fornés play is not tone or structure, but an intense, relentless and compassionate examination of the human conditio...
Rosenfeld, Seth Zvi
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Maltby, Richard, 1937-
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Heifner, Jack, author.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d64cgz (person)
Swicord, Robin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s75qm1 (person)
Robin Swicord and Avika Goldsman, screenwriters; Alice Hoffman, novelist. From the description of Practical magic : screenplay, 1997, December 12. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123535865 ...
Ossana, Diana.
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Tim Hunter.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb7nsc (person)
Hunter, Ian McLellan
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Bernard Grossman.
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Breit, Harvey.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6697tmf (person)
Berney, C. V., adapted by.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m46jjv (person)
Grant, Susannah
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Susannah Grant, screenwriter. From the description of Erin Brockovich: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682478 ...
Victor, Victor.
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Jacker, Corinne
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MacDermot, Galt, composer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tg4bfk (person)
Jacobs, Robert Nelson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6086x1g (person)
Robert Nelson Jacobs, screenwriter. Joanne Harris, novelist. From the description of Chocolat : screenplay. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468056 Robert Nelson Jacob, screenwriter. Joanne Harris, author of original material. From the description of Chocolat: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517191 ...
Bart, Lionel
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Fain, Sammy and Victor Young, composer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b5b9t (person)
Crain, Lygia, composer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1fbj (person)
Berger, Adam
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m45t7r (person)
Adam Berger, artist. From the guide to the Adam Berger portraits of performing arts personalities, 1967-1976, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) ...
Gardner, Herb, 1934-2003
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m10sw (person)
Herb Gardner, playwright. From the description of Conversations with my father : a play: typescript, 1992. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431808 From the description of Thieves: screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532950 ...
Conradt, Mark
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Broyles, William, jr. 1944-
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Faso, Nina
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6944sm3 (person)
Based on a true story by Sir Frederick Treves
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Hanley, Brent.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64c788d (person)
Richard Stoddard.
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Drake, Erwin, author, composer, and lyricist
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t5pp1 (person)
Gallico, Paul, novelist.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c09xfn (person)
Rogers, David, 1927-2013
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60z7bt1 (person)
Alfreds, Mike, adaptor.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q09j45 (person)
Welles, Halsted.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s53b9 (person)
Cobey, Herbert.
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Melfi, Leonard; Night.
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Burman, Ben Lucien and Edward Padula
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d5s9q (person)
Ball, Alan
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Black, Peggy and Bill Burnett, composer and lyricist.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g58zpg (person)
Smith, William Jay
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William Jay Smith was born April 22, 1918, in Winnfield, LA. He followed a career as a writer and teacher in English. He is best known as a poet, both for adults and children, and has received awards and honors for his portry. He also worked as a translator, being fluent in French and Italian, and also familiar with Spanish and Russian. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vols. 2, 68 Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 22 From the guide to the William ...
CORWIN, NORMAN
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Reza, Yasmina
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Danny Cannon.
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Robbins, Tom.
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Born in 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Robbins attended Washington and Lee before spending 3 years in the Air Force in Korea. He returned and graduated in 1961 from Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University). He held several positions at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, then became part of the counter-culture scene and worked at newspapers in New York and San Francisco before settling in Seattle. His first book, Another Roadside Attraction, was published in 1971 fo...
Osborne, John, 1929-1994
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t739n2 (person)
Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000255 Epithet: Major; Bedfordshire Militia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00024f Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch xi.87 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000700.0x0001b4 Epith...
Tim Mayer.
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Gore, Christopher, book and lyrics by
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Horovitz, Israel; Morning
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Whedon, Joss, 1964-....
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Joss Whedon, screenwriter. From the description of Alien resurrection: screenplay, 1996 July 22 [electronic resource]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 755177066 From the description of Alien resurrection: screenplay, 1996 July 22. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615267 ...
Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947
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Frank Chouteau Brown (1876–1947) was an American architect, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and educated at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, the Boston Art Club and in Europe. In 1902, he began practice in Boston and from 1907 to 1919, was editor of the Architectural Review periodical. In 1916, he became a member of the faculty of Boston University and in 1919, head of the Department of Art and Architecture. ...
Marks, Walter, composer and lyricist.
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Barry, Julian, author.
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Mann, Michael, 1930 February 13-
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Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-....
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Harvey Fierstein, playwright. From the description of Spookhouse: typescript, 1981. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378823 Harvey Fierstein, award-winning playwright, actor and gay rights activist, was born on June 6, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in 1973. Aware of his sexuality as a young man, he appeared as a female impersonator in Manhattan nightclubs in his early teens. His career as an actor began in 1971 ...
Shaffer, Peter
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Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
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American playwright and novelist. From the description of Collection, 1936-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363746 From the description of Manuscripts, 1952-1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122412075 From the description of Arthur Miller collection, 1936-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 66895316 Arthur Miller, playwright. From the description of The crucible : screen...
Giraudoux, Jean, 1882-1944
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t0nmw (person)
French author. From the description of Jeunesse d'Amerique : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870175 ...
Mamet, David
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David Mamet, playwright. From the description of [Romance] : typescript, 2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468075 From the description of Glengarry Glen Ross : typescript, 1983, July. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517665 From the description of Oleanna : typescript, 1993, 19 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517814 From the description of No one will be immune : typescript. (New York Public ...
Bellwood, Peter, book by
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DeVincentis, D.V.
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MacPherson, Jeanie, -1946
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Feydeau, Georges
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Garnett, David, 1892-1981
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Author and publisher David Garnett was born in Brighton; his mother was a translator, his father a literary adviser, and he grew up in a literary environment. He studied botany at the Royal College of Science, and after graduation went into publishing. He became book critic for New Statesman, and wrote several popular novels, some fantasy and some with realistic themes. He has also written several volumes of memoirs, and edited works by T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Love Peacock. From the...
Bertolucci, Bernardo
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Nellhaus, Gerhard, adapter
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Richardson, Claibe
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Whyte, Ron
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Goldman, Gary.
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McGreevey, John
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948
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French poet, actor, painter, art critic, and active letter-writer; editor of the Surrealist journal La révolution surréaliste, 1924-1927. From the description of Letter to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler from Antonin Artaud, 1923. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83603736 ...
Anthony Swofford.
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Lisa M. Poyer.
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La Shelle, Kirke
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Berney, C. V., translated and adapted by
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Pink, Steve
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Aurthur, Robert Alan, 1922-1978
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941
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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...
Robertson, Cliff
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
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Brecht was a German dramatist and poet. Karl Korsch was a Marxist theoretician. From the description of Correspondence with Karl Korsch, 1934-ca.1954. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122556373 From the guide to the Bertolt Brecht correspondence with Karl Korsch, ca. 1934-1954., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Reyersbach was a pediatrician with special training in endocrinology and rheumatic diseases; she came to the U.S. in ...
O'Donnell, Mark
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Robin, Leo, lyrics by.
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Bernhardt, Suzanne Coubert
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Darke, Nick
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Kessler, Lyle
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Lees, Russell
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Richards, I. A.
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Friedman, David (Composer)
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Harnick, Sheldon, lyricist.
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Goldberg, Marshall
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Merriam, Eve, lyricist.
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Pierson, Frank R.
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Panetta, George
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George Panetta was born August 6, 1915 in New York, NY. He attended City College of New York, 1934-36. He was a copywriter before becoming a fiction writer and a playwright. He died October 16, 1969. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 15, p. 210 From the guide to the George Panetta Collection, 1966, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...
Leigh, Carolyn, lyricist
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Minghella, Anthony
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Anthony Minghella, screenwriter. Patricia Highsmith, author of source material. From the description of The talented Mr. Ripley: typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652003 Anthony Minghella, author; original screenplay by Vicki Polon and Amy Schor. From the description of Mr. Wonderful: screenplay, 1992, April 28. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687188 ...
Berc, Shelley, translator
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Ceprati, Cheryl
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Wilson, August
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Meehan, Thomas
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Sokolow, Alec.
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Rundgren, Todd
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Thuna, Lee, author
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Heikkinen, Carol
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Mitchell, Craig
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Coppola, Francis Ford
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Smith, Scott B.
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Brecht, Bert
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Prince, Harold, directed by.
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Orton, Joe
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John Kingsley (Joe) Orton (1933-1967), playwright. From the guide to the Joe Orton Collection, 1950-1990, (University of Leicester) ...
Ravich, Rand
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Black, Don, lyrics by.
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Kahn, Tony
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Martin, Hugh, composer
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm94jn (person)
BIOGHIST REQUIRED American author. From the guide to the Truman Capote ephemera Collection, 1949-1988., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Truman Capote (1924- ), American author. From the description of Truman Capote papers, 1939-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476609 Truman Capote is an American writer. From the description of Truman Capote fonds. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848368...
Pogue, Charles Edward
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Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
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English novelist and travel writer. From the description of Evelyn Waugh Collection, 1843-1994 (bulk 1910-1966). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492298 Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (1903-1966) ranks as one of the outstanding satiric novelists of the 20th century. Hilariously savage wit and complete command of the English language were hallmarks of his style. He was born in London on Oct. 28, 1903, the son...
Barry, John, 1933-2011
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Stewart, Mike, 1955-
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Hanson, Curtis
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Shipman, Samuel
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Thompson, Jay, 1927-
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Downing, Robert
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Cain, Alfred E., composer.
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Hempton, Christopher.
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Reardon, Frank, lyricist
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Adams, Lee, lyricist
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm7p9w (person)
Frings, Ketti
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Daniel Pinkham.
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Stern, Arlene.
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Carriere, Jean Claude
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O'Donnell, Paul
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Gillette, William, 1853-1937
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American actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (7) and typewritten letters signed (8) : Hadlyme, Conn., etc., to William H. Briggs and others at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Jan. 2-1928 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589041 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Editor of the Hartford Courant, 1889 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575084 American actor and playwright. Fro...
Askwith, Betty, 1909-1995
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British author and poet; also known as Betty Ellen Askwith; d. 1995. From the description of Betty Askwith collection, 1916-1981. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70978837 ...
Misch, David
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Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0002bc Henrik Ibsen, playwright. W.L. Turner, translator. From the description of Rosmersholm: typescript, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430738 Playwright. From the description of A doll home : playscript, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454948 Norwegian poet and dramatist. ...
Mckenney, Ruth, 1911-1972
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Cohey, d'Herbert.
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Goldin, Marilyn
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Ross, Tom
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Boruff, John
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Crystal, Billy
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Siegel, David
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Reines, Bernard
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Darabont, Frank
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Frank Darabont, screenwriter; Stephen King, novelist. From the description of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption : screenplay, 1992, October 20. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580896 ...
Paul Stiga.
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Benigni, Roberto
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Stanton, Andrew.
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Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson, co-screenwriters. Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon, and Ralph Eggleston, co-story writers. From the description of Monsters, Inc.: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652007 ...
Jankiewicz, Tom
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Korbesmeyer, Brad
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Krieger, Henry, composer.
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Katsaros, Doug, music by.
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Anna Crouse.
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MacDonnell, Leslie and Leslie Grade in association with Bernard Delfont
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Arlen, Howard.
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Innaurato, Albert, 1948-
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Le Carre, John, novelist.
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Richard Norton.
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Emmett, Robert, author
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r061jh (person)
Romains, Jules, 1885-1972
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Red League
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Depardieu, Gerard
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Gill, Bob
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O'Donnell, Mark Patrick.
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Pruneau, Phillip, author
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Gibson, W. (William)
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Epithet: Bishop of A canthos Vicar-Apostolic of N England British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00035b Epithet: of Add MS 36046 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000232 Epithet: at Rotterdam British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00035a ...
Styne, Jule, composer
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Livingston, Jay and Ray Evans, composer and lyricist.
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Roach, John, 1920-....
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Schnairsohn.
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Blane, Ralph, composer
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for Timothy Mayer.
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Blaney, Charles E., -1944
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Howard Cutler.
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Gurney, A.R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-
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A.R. Gurney, playwright. From the description of Big Bill : typescript, December 8, 2003. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60659876 From the description of Ancestral voices : afamily story : typescript, 1999, May. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79460305 From the description of Ancestral voices : typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79459197 A. R. Gurney, playwright. From the description o...
Vogel, Paula.
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Paula Vogel (born November 16, 1951) is an American playwright and university Professor. Vogel was born in Washington, D.C. to Donald Stephen Vogel, an advertising executive, and Phyllis Rita Bremerman, a secretary for United States Postal Service Training and Development Center. She is a graduate of The Catholic University of America (1974, B.A.) and Cornell University (1976, M.A.). She first came to national attention with her AIDS-related seriocomedy The Baltimore Waltz, which won the Obie aw...
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
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Beith, Ian Hay.
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Franzoni, David
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Joe Budenholzer, composer
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Bock, Jerry, composer
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Cohan, George M.
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Entertainer. From the description of Scripts of George M. Cohan, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455917 From the description of George M. Cohan play scripts, 1928, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208762 Dramatic author, composer, manager, and actor. From the description of Letter to Elizabeth Freeman, 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510230 American composer. ...
Masteroff, Joseph, author
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Comden, Betty and Adolph Green' book and lyrics
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Haggis, Paul
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Ebb, Fred and Norman Martin, author.
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Hewson, J. James
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Hinkley, Eleanor Holmes
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Rabb, Ellis
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Jenkins, Ron, translator.
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Leigh, Mike, 1943-....
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Mike Leigh, screenwriter and director. From the description of Topsy-turvy : screenplay, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 60659856 ...
Hauser, Frank
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Leeds, Nancy, lyricist.
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Wolff, Ruth, 1932-
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Born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1932, Ruth Wolff began writing for the stage in the late 1950s. Best known for her biographical plays concerning the lives of women, her work delved into the history of figures such as Christina, Queen of Sweden (The Abdication), Sarah Bernhardt (Sarah in America), Empress Dowager Cixi (Empress of China), George Sand (Frederic and George), Edith Wilson (The Second Mrs. Wilson), and many others. She also wrote the screenplays for the film adaptation of The Abdicat...
Berkowitz, Sol, composer.
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Mendez-Ballester, M.
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Almereyda, Mike.
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Polsky, Abe
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Vezin, Hermann, translator.
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Arrivi, Francisco
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Jennings, John
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Epithet: Captain of Dragoons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0001f9 Epithet: Admiral; Lord of the Admiralty and Governor of Greenwich Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x00020e Epithet: Canon of Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055...
Levy, Jessica
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Biographical Note Jessica Levy has had an extensive career in theater in which she has served in many roles, including that of casting director, producer, and even assistant art director. Highlights include 1964 Hamlet on Broadway, on which she served as Sir John Gelgud's Special Assistant, directing the first staged reading of Gemini, and producing a Broadway performance of Eastern Standard. From the guide to the Jessica Levy Pla...
Grumber, Jean-Claude.
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Marx, Arthur, 1921-2011
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Pertwee, Michael
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Baitz, Jon Robin, 1961-
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Longstreet, Stephen, author
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Crowe, Cameron
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Little, Anastazia; book and lyrics
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Millar, Ronald, book and lyrics by
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J. B. Roberts
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Elmslie, Kenward
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An American poet, writer and lyricist associated with the New York School, Kenward Elmslie was born in New York City in 1929. The grandson of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, Elmslie graduated from Harvard in 1950 with a B.A. in literature and began his writing career as a lyricist and librettist for theatre and musicals, including The Sweet Bye and Bye (1966) and The Glass Harp (1972). He published stories, short plays and poetry in small magazines and collections; collaborated with graphic a...
Chapman, R. H., translator.
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Bogosian, Eric
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Eric Bogosian is an actor, author, and playwright who was born April 24, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of The Revolutionary Aesthetic of Beauty : essay : typescript, 1984. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 428142845 Eric Bogosian is an actor, author, and playwright who was born April 24, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts. Bogosian attended the University of Chicago and earned his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1976. Based in...
McGehes, Scott
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Loos, Anita, 1893-1981
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Anita Loos, screenwriter and novelist, was born on April 26, 1893, in Sisson, CA, the daughter of R. Beers and Minnie Ellen Loos. Miss Loos wrote the subtitles for D. W. Griffith's film, Intolerance, in 1916. Her best known work is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She died on August 18, 1981, at the age of 93. From the guide to the Anita Loos papers, 1917-1981, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) American author and screenwriter. From the descrip...
Downey, Robert
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Yellen, Sherman
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Antin, Steven
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von Achard, Marcel.
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