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Douglas Wright (born December 20, 1962) [1] is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.Known for his extensive work in the American theatre in both plays and musicals, he has received numerous accolades including the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. [1] Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.
A Taste of Honey is an influential "kitchen sink drama". In this photo of the 1960 Broadway production, Joan Plowright plays the role of Jo, a 17-year-old schoolgirl who has a love affair with a black sailor (played by Billy Dee Williams).
Crothers was born on December 12, 1870, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Dr. Eli Kirk Crothers and Dr. Marie Louise (de Pew) Crothers. [3] Crothers' mother, an independent-minded woman whose father had been friends with Abraham Lincoln, went to medical school at forty and became one of the first woman physicians in Illinois, encountering and eventually overcoming much opposition to her practice in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 November 2024. American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018) Neil Simon Simon in 1974 Born Marvin Neil Simon (1927-07-04) July 4, 1927 The Bronx, New York City, U.S. Died August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26) (aged 91) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Occupation Playwright screenwriter author Education ...
The play was made into a Broadway musical, 110 in the Shade. Here Come the Brides (1968-1970, 52 episodes) was a Screen Gems television series developed by Nash; Nash wrote the series pilot of the same name. [citation needed] In the 1950s, Nash moved from New York to Hollywood to write the screenplay for The Rainmaker. [1]
The premise is that the good and evil deeds of one's life will be tallied by God after death, as in a ledger book. The play is the allegorical accounting of the life of Everyman, who represents all mankind. In the course of the action, Everyman tries to convince other characters to accompany him in the hope of improving his account.