Playwright News

'Iceland' thaws out relationships with money and each other Special

Toronto - 'Iceland' is a Canadian play that premiered last summer to much acclaim. It presents three monologues that examine the banking crisis, revealing our own attitudes to money, opportunity, wealth, and success in the process.

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Black Comedy is in Style — Cid Andrenelli, Artist and Writer Special

Rometta - Finding an enigmatic artist and activist whose talents cross multiple mediums is rare to find. Italian artist, writer and playwright Cid Andrenelli is one of these unique talents.

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‘Hachiko’ screenplay writer Kaneto Shindo dead at age 100

Tokyo - The Japanese director and play writer Kaneto Shindo, known for directing films such as "Children of Hiroshima" and writing the screenplay for the movie “Hachiko, a dog’s story”, died yesterday at his home in Tokyo, at the age of 100.

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'Hughie' is a man for our times Special

Toronto - Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Iceman Cometh and Moon For The Misbegotten are some of Eugene O’Neill’s best-known works, but another is rising to join their celebrated ranks.

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Nobel Laureate Playwright Harold Pinter Dies at 78

Playwright Harold Pinter, praised as the most influential British playwright of his generation and a longtime voice of political protest, has died after a long battle with cancer.

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YouTube Video Reveals Details Of British Playwright's Ugly Divorce

British playwright, Tricia Walsh-Smith, posted video on YouTube accusing her multimillionaire husband of sleaze and porn. The 6-minute rant shows a desperate woman who employed desperate measures.

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Playwright Wendy Wasserstein: Female Voice of Her Generation

WASHINGTON (voa) - 'The Heidi Chronicles,' 1989 Pulitzer prize-winning play by Wendy Wasserstein, is the latest production by L.A. Theater Works, an organization dedicated to producing new and classic American plays for radio broadcast and audio recor...

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