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Hedda Gabler dramatizes the experiences of the title character, Hedda, the daughter of a general, who is trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want. Overall, the title character for Hedda Gabler is considered one of the great dramatic roles in theater. [5] The year following its publication, the play received negative feedback and ...
Bright Lights, Big City is a novel by American author Jay McInerney, published by Vintage Books on August 12, 1984. It is written about a character's time spent caught up in, and notably escaping from, the early 1980s New York City fast lane. The novel is written in the second person, an unusual narrative method in English language fiction.
Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 American drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993.
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Mary Kay Andrews (born July 27, 1954) [1] is the pen name of American writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck, based in Atlanta, Georgia, who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002. [2] Trocheck graduated from the University of Georgia with a journalism degree in 1976.
Bright Lights, Big City is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book written by Scottish composer Paul Scott Goodman based on the 1984 novel by Jay McInerney. It follows a week in the life of Jamie, a successful young writer who loses himself in the chaos of 1980s New York City .
"Bright Lights, Big City" is a classic blues song [1] which was written and first recorded by American bluesman Jimmy Reed in 1961. Besides being "an integral part of the standard blues repertoire", [2] "Bright Lights, Big City" has appealed to a variety of artists, including country and rock musicians, who have recorded their interpretations of the song.
New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books/Playbill, 2002. (ISBN 1-55783-566-7) Nathan, George Jean. The Theatre Book of the Year: A Record and an Interpretation. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1944. "Premier Tonight of Bright Lights" By Sam Zolotow, The New York Times, September 16, 1943. "The Play" by Lewis Nichols. The New York Times, September 17, 1943.