Tarkington, (Newton) Booth
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Tarkington, (Newton) Booth (1869–1946), American novelist, and author of a number of plays, of which the best known is the romantic costume drama
Monsieur Beaucaire (1901). Based in collaboration on his novel of the same title, this was spoilt artistically by the substitution of a conventionally happy ending for the ironic ending implicit in the book. It was nevertheless very successful in America, with Richard
Mansfield in the name part, and also in London, where it later provided the libretto for a musical play with a score by Messager. Among Tarkington's other plays were two for Otis
Skinner,
Your Humble Servant (1910) and
Mr Antonio (1916); a charming comedy of youth entitled
Clarence (1919); and a social drama on the theme of snobbery,
Tweedles (1923), which failed in production.
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The wheel that can't be stopped. (Indiana Repertory Theatre adapts a novel by Booth Tarkington to the stage)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...adaptation about adaptation. Booth Tarkington's epic 1919 novel The Magnificent...as rendered by Hoosier author Tarkington), the story touches on the...direction. The company sees Tarkington's tale as a textual homecoming...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Booth Tarkington teacher stays 'kid-centered'.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...waits in front of Wheeling's Booth Tarkington School for the first school bus...school, and sees that "Lake Tarkington" (actually a very large puddle...Fisher is the "Recycle Guy" at Tarkington School. Nothing goes to waste...
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Attaboy! Booth Tarkington's Rascals
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/7/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Stuart Little." Then there is Booth Tarkington. We live in an unjust world...many injustices of which is that Tarkington is pretty much forgotten now...Press edition of "Penrod," Tarkington's "mansion in Kennebunkport...
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Reject pile to Pulitzer, Tarkington makes mark
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 9/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...VERSION Born in Indianapolis, Booth Tarkington endured numerous rejection notices...Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington, an Indianapolis writer. Another...for literature was bestowed on Tarkington for "Alice Adams," a character...
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Reverend Joseph Tarkington, Methodist Circuit Rider: From Frontier Evangelism to Refined Religion.(Review) (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...one of which bore the name Tarkington. Recognizing it as the family name of the famous Hoosier author Booth Tarkington, Kimbrough soon learned that...the life of the Reverend Joseph Tarkington, Indiana Methodist circuit rider...
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District 21 ends search for new Tarkington principal.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/22/2007; ; 570 words
; ...District 21 has named Joe Arduino its next principal of Booth Tarkington Elementary School in Buffalo Grove for the upcoming...replaces John Patti, who will retire as principal of Tarkington at the end of the school year. acarrasquillo...
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The Hoosier politician: officeholding and political culture in Indiana, 1896-1920.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 5/3/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...Press. 256 pp. $19.95. Booth Tarkington was already a successful novelist...Bracknell says, dictated that Tarkington be a Republican. He was an urban...unchurched tended to be Democratic and Tarkington had little connection with organized...
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Elective affinities: a heliotropic journey. (Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 6/16/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Penrod books were written by Booth Tarkington, ton, an Indiana writer who...memory bank? I turned to a second Tarkington title, continuing this journey...for which it longs. The next Tarkington novel to emerge on the screen...
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Wheeling Auto Center announces winners of art contest.(Neighbor)(Local beat)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...received $100. - Samantha Sewell, Booth Tarkington Elementary, grade 1 winner...100. - Matthew Vollmer, Booth Tarkington Elementary, grade 3 winner...100. - Eric Ramirez, Booth Tarkington Elementary, grade 4 winner...
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Ten people who made a difference in the 1910s.
Magazine article from: Indianapolis Business Journal; 12/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...including James Whitcomb Riley, George Ade and Booth Tarkington) during the early 20th century. Nicholson...support the Allied effort in World War II. BOOTH TARKINGTON 1869-1946 Tarkington burst on the literary scene in 1899 with the...
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Newton Booth Tarkington
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Newton Booth Tarkington The prolific writings of American author Newton...critical biography of Tarkington is James Woodress, Booth Tarkington: Gentleman from Indiana (1955). Tarkington's novels are treated in Carl Van Doren, The American...
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Booth Tarkington
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Booth Tarkington (Newton Booth Tarkington), 1869-1946, American author, b. Indianapolis. His most characteristic and popular works were his genial novels of life in small Middle Western towns, including The Gentleman from Indiana (1899...
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Tarkington, (Newton) Booth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Tarkington, [Newton] Booth (1869–1946), playwright...he wrote Mister Antonio (1916). Tarkington's other collaborations included...and The Plutocrat (1930). Tarkington was much admired for his warm, homey...
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Literature: An American Voice Emerges
Book article from: American Decades
...Willa Cather (Nebraska), Booth Tarkington and Theodore Dreiser (Indiana...is also the theme of Booth Tarkington's novel The Turmoil (1915...midwestern community. Booth Tarkington's juvenile novels Penrod...
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Helen Hayes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...as Cora Wheeler in Clarence (Booth Tarkington's 1919 play) that she ever...instrument." In 1921 Booth Tarkington wrote a play especially for Hayes...up a friendship that inspired Tarkington to make his next protagonist...
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