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Norman, Marsha
Norman, Marsha [née Williams] (b. 1947), playwright. A native of Louisville, she was educated at Agnes Scott College and at the University of Louisville. After spending time as a schoolteacher and a journalist, she wrote her first play, Getting Out, which was presented by the Actors' Theatre of Louisville in 1977 and a year later in New York. She also directed for the Actors' Theatre, which subsequently produced her plays Third and Oak and The Circus Valentine. Norman won a Pulitzer Prize for the gripping drama 'Night, Mother (1983), and also wrote The Pool Hall (1978), Traveler in the Dark (1984), Winter Shakers (1987), Sarah and Abraham (1988), The Red Shoes (1993), The Last Dance (2003), and others, though only a few have been produced in New York. Perhaps her finest work was her most atypical: the book and lyrics for the musical The Secret Garden (1991).
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-NormanMarsha.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-NormanMarsha.html |
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Norman, Marsha
Norman, Marsha (1947–), Kentucky‐born dramatist whose first two‐act play, Getting Out (1977, published as a book in 1979), is about a shattered woman emerging from prison and picking up her life. Two minor plays were produced by Actors Theatre in Louisville and a third by American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She had far better staging of 'night, Mother (1983, Pulitzer Prize), presenting a young woman about to commit suicide. After producing two more minor plays and then her novel, The Fortune Teller (1987), she wrote the book for a musical version of the classic children's novel The Secret Garden (1991). Lunch with Lyn (1994) is a one‐act witty collage of lunchtime encounters between a fretful novelist and three friends.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NormanMarsha.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Norman, Marsha." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NormanMarsha.html |
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