Ben Orkov

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Ben Harrison Orkow (born January 9, 1896 in Korna, Russian Empire ; died December 11, 1988 in Reno , Nevada ) was an American screenplay, theater, and science fiction writer of Russian descent.

Life

His science fiction novel When Time Stood Still , published by Signet in 1962 , has been translated into German and Italian. It is about a millionaire and his terminally ill wife traveling to the future of 2007, where it is possible to cure the woman's disease.

One of the plays he has written is The First Actress , in which the theater-loving Felicia, disguised as a man, creeps into the theater company of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage - women were banned from acting at the time - which leads to the expected complications . At a performance in the presence of Queen Elizabeth I everything comes out in the end, but Felicia is forgiven. The plot is very reminiscent of that of Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Orkow married his first wife Vera in 1921. He later married Ruby Jewel Dreyer, with whom he had a child. Orkow died in 1988 at the age of 92.

bibliography

  • My Mistress My Wife (1934, novel)
  • When Time Stood Still (1962, novel)
    • German: When time stands still. Translated by Paul Baudisch. Lichtenberg Taschenbücher # 36, 1963.
  • The First Actress: A Play in three Acts (1976, play)

Filmography

  • 1944: Army Wives
  • 1944: Alaska
  • 1942: Wings for the Eagle
  • 1939: Boy Slaves
  • 1932: Hell's House
  • 1930: The Truth About Youth
  • 1930: The Gorilla

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The First Actress , accessed June 14, 2018.
  2. Ben Orkow on myheritage.de, accessed June 14, 2018.
  3. Benjamin Harrison Orkow on ancestry.com, accessed June 14, 2018.