Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954 ) is an American playwright who received the Pulitzer Prize for theater in 2000 for his play Dinner with Friends , for which he was previously nominated twice for other plays.
Life
After attending school, Margulies studied at the State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY Purchase) and later worked as a lecturer at the School of Drama at Yale University and as a screenwriter for television series .
He began playing theater in the early 1980s and made his debut with Luna Park (1982). After being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Theater for his plays Sight Unseen in 1992 and for Collected Stories in 1997 , he received this prize in 2000 for his drama Dinner with Friends . In 2001 the play by Norman Jewison with Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell was filmed for television and was released in Germany under the title Dinner with Friends . In 2002, Gilbert Cates filmed Collected Stories with Linda Lavin and Samantha Mathis .
The play Time Stands Still was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play at the 2010 Tony Awards .
Margulies wrote the script for The End of the Tour , released in 2015 . In 2019 Margulies was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Dramas
- 1982: Luna Park
- 1982: Resting Place
- 1983: Gifted Children
- 1984: Found a Peanut
- 1988: The Model Apartment
- 1988: room
- 1989: The Loman Family Picnic
- 1990: Pitching To The Star
- 1990: What's Wrong With This Picture
- 1991: Sight Unseen
- 1993: LA
- 1993: Space
- 1993: Women In Motion
- 1995: July 7 1994
- 1996: Collected Stories
- 1997: Broken Sleep
- 1998: Dinner with Friends
- 2003: God of Vengeance
- 2003: Last Tuesday
- 2004: Misadventure: Monologues and Short Pieces
- 2004: Two Days
- 2005: Brooklyn Boy
- 2009: Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)
- 2009: Time Stands Still
- 2014: The Country House
Web links
- Donald Margulies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Donald Margulies in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Publications (openlibrary.org)
- Entry (Complete Guide to Playwrights)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Margulies, Donald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1954 |