Ira Levin, 1929 – 2007, was a versatile author and playwright. After he graduated from college, having attended attended Drake University in Iowa, the Horace Mann School, and New York University, he wrote training films and scripts for radio and television. Levin’s first produced play was No Time for Sergeants , which he adapted from a […]
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Okay, be honest and show me your hands. How many people thought Arsenic and Old Lace was written by Agatha Christie? I’ll admit that when I first heard the title years ago I thought it must be a Christie story. It just sounded like something she would write. She did write several plays, and it
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When I went looking for a playwright with a name that begins with the letter ‘j’, I was surprised to find so many. I was also surprised to see that James Joyce had written plays. I didn’t know that. I am familiar with his novels, only because I was forced to read them in college,
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William Inge is another American playwright for whom I have a great deal of respect. He was born in Kansas in 1913 and died in 1973.His body of work is impressive, and like many highly creative people he was often plagued by doubts. When one of his best known plays, Come Back, Little Sheba was
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When I first learned about Lillian Hellman and her passion for writing, I wanted to be her. I was also intrigued by her passion for life and love and her unconventional lifestyle. She traveled extensively, flirted with communism, and had a 30 year relationship with the mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. The relationship started even before
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Today I thought I would feature a woman playwright and found an interesting one indeed. Like so many other writers, she, too, worked on both sides of the script, and won honors and recognition for both. Ruth Gordon Jones was born in 1896 in Massachusetts and died in 1985, and I love this old picture
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As in Horton Foote, one of the most notable American playwrights who hailed from Texas. He was born in 1916 and died in 2009. I had the honor of meeting him at a several screenwriting seminars and film festivals in the Dallas area, and he was so kind to an aspiring screenwriter. I still treasure
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Here’s some recent news regarding the Keystone XL Pipeline. Twenty-eight Vermont towns added their voices this week to the chorus of national and international; opposition to tar sands expansion by passing “tar sands free” and related tar sands resolutions in the past two days. This recent batch of local resolutions brings the total number to
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I’m happy to be part of a cover reveal for Laura Eno’s upcoming book Jewel of Shaylar. This is a terrific cover and proves once again the importance of a truly great cover. Here is a bit about the book: Archaeologist David Alexander investigates the cave where his father disappeared and hurtles into another
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ShelterHarlan Coben Age Range: 12 and upPaperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Speak; Reprint edition (August 21, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0142422037ISBN-13: 978-0142422038 First I have to say that I am a huge Coben fan, and have read almost all of his books and enjoyed them a lot. I have always liked Myron Bolitar as a character and was intrigued
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