Max Wilk

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Max Wilk (born July 3, 1920 in Ridgefield , Connecticut , † February 19, 2011 in Westport , Connecticut) was an American playwright , screenwriter and author of both fictional and non-fictional books.

Life

Wilk graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 1941 . During World War II , Wilk served as a member of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces . In his later life, Wilk worked as a dramaturge for plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford , Connecticut , under the direction of Lloyd Richards . There he helped both new and established playwrights , including a. the one with the Pulitzer Prize winning author August Wilson , David Lindsay-Abaire and John Patrick Shanley .

Wilk is the author of 19 books, four feature films , three plays , other television series and magazine articles.

Works

Books
  • The Sound of Music: The Making of Rodger and Hammerstein's Classic Musical , Routledge (2006), ISBN 0-415-97934-X
  • OK! The Story Of Oklahoma !: A Celebration of America's Most Beloved Musical , 292 pages, Applause Books; (2002) ISBN 1-55783-555-1
  • Schmucks with Underwoods: Conversations with America's Classic Screenwriters,, 338 pages, Applause Books (2004), ISBN 1-55783-508-X
  • The Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors , 274 pages, Delacorte Press (1976) ISBN 0-440-02950-3 (Paperback: Truck Press; 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN 0-916562-49-2 )
  • Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits ( Oklahoma! And The Sound of Music ) Paperback: 192 pages, Watson-Guptill Publications (April 1999) ISBN 0-8230-8820-0
  • American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack (co-author), Harold Sack, 270 pages, Little Brown & Co (November 1986), ISBN 0-316-76593-7
  • A Tough ACT to Follow , co-author, Jim Connor, 346 pages, Norton (January 1986) ISBN 0-393-02219-6 (Paperback, PaperJacks (1988) ISBN 0-7701-0736-2 )
  • And Did You Once See Sydney Plain ?: A Random Memoir of SJ Perelman , 83 pages, Norton (1986), ISBN 0-393-02343-5
  • Get Out and Get Under , 317 pages, Norton (1981), ISBN 0-393-01425-8
  • Represented by Audrey Wood: A Memoir , (co-authored with Audrey Wood ) Doubleday: Garden City, NY (1981), ISBN 978-0-385-15201-3
  • The Moving Picture Boys , 287 pages, Norton (1978), ISBN 0-393-08814-6
  • Every Day's a Matinee: Memoirs Scribbled on a Dressing Room Door , 288 pages, Norton (1975) ISBN 0-393-07491-9
  • They're Playing Our Song: The Truth Behind the Words and Music of Three Generations 295 pages, Atheneum (1973), ISBN 0-689-10554-1
  • Memory lane, 1890 to 1925: Ragtime, Jazz, Foxtrot and Other Popular Music and Music Covers , 88 pages, Studioart (1973), ISBN 0-902063-13-8
  • The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood: From the Squaw Man to the Hatchet Man , Scribner (1971) ISBN 0-689-10370-0
  • The Beard , Roman, Simon and Schuster, (1965) LCCN 65-23246
  • Cloud Seven ,: A Comedy , 84 pages, Dramatists Play Service, (1958)
  • Yellow Submarine Novel Version (1960s)
  • Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
  • "My Masterpiece", Roman, Norton Co., 1970, Lib Cong 77-116121
Plays
  • Mr. Williams and Miss Wood: A two-character play , 42 pages, Dramatists Playservice (1990).
  • A Musical Jubilee (Musical, Revue)
  • Cloud 7 (Comedy)
  • Small Wonder (musical, revue)

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Max Wilk, Author, Music Impresario, Dies at 90 - WestportNow.com - Westport, Connecticut. In: westportnow.com. February 22, 2011, accessed February 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Author, TV writer Max Wilk dies at 90 - Variety. In: variety.com. February 27, 2011, accessed February 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kenneth Jones: Max Wilk, Playwright, Showbiz Journalist and O'Neill Center Dramaturg, Dead at 90. In: playbill.com. February 24, 2011, accessed February 4, 2020 .
  4. ^ Max Wilk - Broadway Cast & Staff. In: ibdb.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .


personal data
SURNAME Wilk, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, screenwriter and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Ridgefield, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 2011
Place of death Westport, Connecticut