John Guare

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John Guare, 2009

John Guare (born February 5, 1938 in New York City , New York ) is an American playwright .

Life

John Guare wrote his first piece at the age of eleven. In the course of time, Guare developed an aversion to the so-called "kitchen-sink-dramas", traditional, realistic theater pieces. For him, the theater should convey more inner truth and not just pure reality. One of his sayings was "The theater is a place of dreams, you lay out the unconscious and make it visible.", Translated roughly: "The theater is a place of dreams, where you reveal the unconscious and make it visible."

After studying at Yale University , he developed his own unique style of tragic comedy and received the Obie Award for his play "Muzeeka" (1968). It wasn't until 1970 that he reappeared with "House of Blue Leaves", a dark comedy attack on American values.

In 1971 he wrote the libretto for “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, a pop-rock-musical adaptation of Shakespeare 's play of the same name , which he staged together with composer Galt MacDermot (Hair) and Mel Shapiro. The musical was designed to be performed in a truck trailer, which gave the opportunity to tour the parks of New York. The show was so successful that after a short time it was performed on Broadway , where the play received the "Tony Award" for the "Best Musical" category.

Guare wrote a film screenplay for the 1980 film Atlantic City, USA, directed by Louis Malle and starring Burt Lancaster .

1992 Guare won the Independent Film award Gotham Award for his achievements in Best screenwriter . He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1989 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 .

Works

  • Muzeeka
    winner of the Obie Award 1968
  • House of Blue Leaves
    winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play (1970-71) ; four Tony Awards during a revival in 1986
  • Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
    was in 1992 in the Lincoln Center Theater production and was for four Tony Awards nominated
  • Six Degrees of Separation
    received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1990 and the Oliver Best Play Award in 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Guare, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States