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National Playwrights Conference. Another branch of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, it was first convened in 1965. Its purpose is to create “a situation in which, without commercial pressures, young dramatists can see their plays presented in staged readings by professional actors and directors before an audience of sympathetic critics and fellow‐writers, and can discuss their comments and make revisions on the spot for a less ‘provisional’ performance.” Among the playwrights whose early works were offered there were John Guare, Lanford Wilson, Lee Blessing, and August Wilson.

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National Playwrights' Conference

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National Playwrights' Conference, see O'NEILL, EUGENE.

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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "National Playwrights' Conference." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-NationalPlaywrightsCnfrnc.html

PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "National Playwrights' Conference." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-NationalPlaywrightsCnfrnc.html

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