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{{short description|American dramatist}}
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'''Barrie Stavis''' (June 16, 1906 &ndash; February 2, 2007) was a distinguished [[United States|American]] playwright. He has authored several powerful plays about men struggling in the vortex of history. They advocate ideas, suffer, often are executed, but eventually their ideas win. The heresy of one age becomes the established truth of the next. His subjects include scientist [[Galileo]], abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], and labor leader [[Joe Hill]]. His play, ''Lamp at Midnight'', about Galileo's struggle with the [[Catholic Church]] to get his ideas accepted, was performed and televised on the [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] in 1966. [[Melvyn Douglas]] starred as Galileo.


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'''Barrie Stavis''' (June 16, 1906 &ndash; February 2, 2007) was an American playwright.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paid Notice: Deaths Stavis, Barrie. |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2007 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D07E6DE123AF933A25754C0A9619C8B63.html}}</ref> He wrote several plays about men struggling in the vortex of history. His subjects include scientist [[Galileo]], abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], and labor leader [[Joe Hill (activist)|Joe Hill]]. His play, ''[[Lamp at Midnight]]'', about Galileo's struggle with the [[Catholic Church]] to get his ideas accepted, was performed and televised on the [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] in 1966. [[Melvyn Douglas]] starred as Galileo.
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Stavis's plays can be done on a clean, simple stage. They have been translated into 28 languages and have been produced in dozens of major theaters around the world and in numerous college theaters.


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Stavis's plays can be done on a clean, simple stage. They have been translated into 28 languages and have been produced in dozens of major theaters around the world and in numerous college theaters.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Barrie Stavis|url=https://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/barrie.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205142854/https://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/barrie.htm|archive-date=5 Feb 2016|access-date=|website=astro.temple.edu}}</ref>
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Barrie Stavis was actively involved in all his work until his death on February 2, 2007, at the age of 100.


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Stavis was actively working until his death on February 2, 2007, at the age of 100.<ref name=":0" />
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==Major Plays==


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==Major plays==
* '''Harpers Ferry''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1960, 67)
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* '''''Harpers Ferry''''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1960, 67). First new play in a classical repertory [[Guthrie Theater production history|produced by the Guthrie Theater]], [[Minneapolis]], 1967: John Brown adopts guerrilla warfare to overthrow slavery. The raid fails and he is executed, but slavery is eventually abolished.
* '''''[[Lamp At Midnight]]''''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966). First produced at New Stages, New York, 1947. Television adaptation Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1966: [[Galileo]] challenges religious dogma with science and finds enormous resistance to the truth.
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* '''''The Man Who Never Died''''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1972). Joe Hill confronts power by organizing a trade union and pays with his life. First produced at the [[Jan Hus Theater]], New York, 1958.
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* '''''The Raw Edge of Victory in Dramatics''''' (Vol. 57, No. 8 and 9; April and May 1986): [[George Washington]] leads a revolution to establish national independence.


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==Honors==
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First new play in a classical repertory [[Guthrie Theater production history|produced by the Guthrie Theater]], [[Minneapolis]], 1967.
* The National Theater Conference honors an outstanding emerging playwright each year with the '''Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award|url=http://www.nationaltheatreconference.org/stavis-award.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713011454/http://www.nationaltheatreconference.org:80/stavis-award.html |archive-date=2016-07-13 |access-date=2020-08-23|website=National Theatre Conference|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


==Further reading==
John Brown adopts guerrilla warfare to overthrow slavery. The raid fails and he is executed, but slavery is eventually abolished.
* {{cite web |title=Barrie Stavis |last=Martin |first=Christopher |work=Barrie Stavis website |date= |url=http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/barrie-obit.htm }} Obituary for Stavis.
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/may/stavispapers052610.html |title=University of Delaware Library Receives Stavis' literary papers |work=UDaily |publisher=University of Delaware |date=May 26, 2010 }}


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==External links==
* '''[[Lamp At Midnight]]''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966.)
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* {{cite web|url=http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/barrie.htm|title=Barrie Stavis website|accessdate=2015-09-20}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/stavis-barrie.html|title=Barrie Stavis database|work=Doollee.com|accessdate=July 22, 2017|url-access=subscription}}
* "[https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/staging-history/ Staging History: Barrie Stavis and the Dramatization of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry]" [online exhibition] from [https://library.udel.edu/special/ University of Delaware Library. Special Collections]
* [https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss0099_0856 Barrie Stavis letters to Stanley Weintraub] from [https://library.udel.edu/special/ University of Delaware Library. Special Collections]


==References==
First produced at New Stages, New York, 1947.
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Television adaptation Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1966.


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[[Galileo]] challenges religious dogma with science and finds enormous resistance to the truth.


* '''The Man Who Never Died''' (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1972)

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Joe Hill confronts power by organizing a trade union and pays with his life. First produced at the [[Jan Hus Theater]], New York, 1958.

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* '''The Raw Edge of Victory in Dramatics''' Vol. 57, No. 8 and 9 (April and May 1986).

[[George Washington]] leads a revolution to establish national independence.

* '''The House of Shadows'''

Just completed, March 2003, not published yet.

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== Honors ==

* The National Theater Conference honors an outstanding emerging playwright each year with the "Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award."

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== External links ==
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* [http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/barrie.htm Barrie Stavis's homepage]
* [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/stavis-barrie.html Doolee's data base page on Barrie Stavis ]
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* [http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/may/stavispapers052610.html University of Delaware Library Receives Stavis' literary papers ]

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Latest revision as of 08:19, 17 December 2023

Barrie Stavis (June 16, 1906 – February 2, 2007) was an American playwright.[1] He wrote several plays about men struggling in the vortex of history. His subjects include scientist Galileo, abolitionist John Brown, and labor leader Joe Hill. His play, Lamp at Midnight, about Galileo's struggle with the Catholic Church to get his ideas accepted, was performed and televised on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1966. Melvyn Douglas starred as Galileo.

Stavis's plays can be done on a clean, simple stage. They have been translated into 28 languages and have been produced in dozens of major theaters around the world and in numerous college theaters.[2]

Stavis was actively working until his death on February 2, 2007, at the age of 100.[2]

Major plays[edit]

  • Harpers Ferry (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1960, 67). First new play in a classical repertory produced by the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 1967: John Brown adopts guerrilla warfare to overthrow slavery. The raid fails and he is executed, but slavery is eventually abolished.
  • Lamp At Midnight (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966). First produced at New Stages, New York, 1947. Television adaptation Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1966: Galileo challenges religious dogma with science and finds enormous resistance to the truth.
  • The Man Who Never Died (New York: A.S. Barnes, 1972). Joe Hill confronts power by organizing a trade union and pays with his life. First produced at the Jan Hus Theater, New York, 1958.
  • The Raw Edge of Victory in Dramatics (Vol. 57, No. 8 and 9; April and May 1986): George Washington leads a revolution to establish national independence.

Honors[edit]

  • The National Theater Conference honors an outstanding emerging playwright each year with the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award[3][2]

Further reading[edit]

  • Martin, Christopher. "Barrie Stavis". Barrie Stavis website. Obituary for Stavis.
  • "University of Delaware Library Receives Stavis' literary papers". UDaily. University of Delaware. May 26, 2010.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths Stavis, Barrie". The New York Times. July 10, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "Barrie Stavis". astro.temple.edu. Archived from the original on 5 Feb 2016.
  3. ^ "Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award". National Theatre Conference. Archived from the original on 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2020-08-23.


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