Tad Mosel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Ault "Tad" Mosel Jr. (born May 1, 1922 in Steubenville , Ohio , † August 24, 2008 in Concord , New Hampshire ) was an American screenwriter and playwright , who in 1961 for the play All the Way Home , one adaptation of the 1958 posthumously with the Pulitzer prize for novels excellent autobiographical novel A Death in the Family by James Agee , the Pulitzer prize for drama was honored.

Life

Mosel wrote his first play The Happiest Years in 1942 and began writing as a screenwriter in the mid-1950s. He first wrote the scripts and templates for television shows and series such as Playhouse 90 and Armchair Theater and thus belonged to the series of well-known screenwriters such as Paddy Chayefsky , Gore Vidal and Rod Serling .

For his play All the Way Home , a literary adaptation of the 1958 posthumously Pulitzer Prize for novels novel A Death in the Family by James Agee, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for theater in 1961 and was also nominated for the Tony Award for best play . In 1964 he wrote the screenplay for the film The Woman of His Heart by Delbert Mann with Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page in the leading roles. For the screenplay for the film Against the Current Up the Stairs (1967) by Robert Mulligan , he was nominated for the Best Drama Award from the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) in 1968 . He also received a 1977 Primetime Emmy nomination for the screenplay for the episode John Quincy Adams: President from the television series The Adams Chronicles (1976) .

Dramas and publications

  • 1942: The Happiest Years
  • 1952: The Lion Hunter
  • 1956: Other People's Houses: six television plays
  • 1960: All the Way Home: a drama in three acts
  • 1961: Impromptu: play in one act
  • 1962: Madame Aphrodite
  • 1962: That's Where The Town's Going: a play in four scenes
  • 1964: The Alegation Impromptu
  • 1978: Leading Lady: the world and theater of Katharine Cornell

Filmography (selection)

  • 1964: The woman of his heart
  • 1967: Up the stairs against the current
  • 1971: All the Way Home (TV movie)
  • 1976: The Adams Chronicles (TV series)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Moselle, Tad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mosel, George Ault Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Steubenville , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2008
Place of death Concord , New Hampshire