Biografia
Lanford Wilson
- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em24 de março de 2011 · Wayne, Nova Jersey, EUA (complications from pneumonia)
- Nome de nascimentoLanford Eugene Wilson
- Lanford Wilson nasceu o 13 de abril de 1937 em Missouri, EUA. Era autor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Os Migrantes (1974), Great Performances (1971) e Lemon Sky (1988). Morreu o 24 de março de 2011 em Nova Jersey, EUA.
- Lanford Wilson was a co-founder, along with Marshall W. Mason, Tanya Berezin and Robert Thirkell, of the Circle Repertory Theatre Company in New York. This company was the starting place for many actors and writers who went on to film and television work, including Jeff Daniels, Zane Lasky, Barnard Hughes, William Hurt, Conchata Ferrell, Christopher Reeve, Tony Roberts and Fritz Weaver. Wilson's work with director Mason and the company are the subject of several books, including "A Comfortable House" by Philip Middleton Williams, published by McFarland & Company, 1993, ISBN0-8995-0836-7.
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award three times as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1980 for "Talley's Folly," in 1981 for "Fifth of July" and in 1983 for "Angels Fall."
- His play, "Talley's Folly", was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- His play, "Balm in Gilead", was awarded the 1981 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- His play, "Talley's Folly" won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- I want people to see - and to read - my plays and to say: "This is what it was like living in that place at that time. People haven't changed a damn bit. We can recognize everyone."
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