Israel Horovitz
Israel Horovitz (born March 31, 1939 in Wakefield , Massachusetts ) is an American-Jewish playwright , screenwriter , director and actor .
In 1965 he became the first full-time American actor at England's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company .
His works include especially off-Broadway plays such as Park Your Car in Harvard Yard , The Primary English Class , The Widow's Blind Date and The Indian Wants the Bronx ; for the latter he was given the Obie Award .
Horovitz is now Art Director at Gloucester Stage Company and The New York Playwrights Lab , both of which he founded.
Israel Horovitz is the father of " Beastie Boy " Adam "Adrock" Horovitz .
Following allegations of sexual assault in December 2017, he resigned from running the Gloucester Stage Company.
Filmography
- 2014: My Old Lady
Individual evidence
- ↑ Encyclopaedia judiaca , Volume IV (Her-Int), Thomson Gale, Detroit, 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865937-4 , p 528
- ↑ feb / AP: Israel Horovitz: playwright fired for sexual assault. In: Spiegel Online . December 1, 2017, accessed April 13, 2020 .
Web links
- Works by Israel Horovitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Israel Horovitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Israel Horovitz at perlentaucher.de
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| SURNAME | Horovitz, Israel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright, screenwriter, and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wakefield , Massachusetts |