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{{short description|American dramatist}}
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'''Charles Marowitz''' (26 January 1932 &ndash; 2 May 2014)<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10817488/Charles-Marowitz-obituary.html Charles Marowitz, Iconoclastic Director and Playwright, Dies at 82], ''New York Times'', 11 May 2014
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</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[critic]], [[theatre director]], and [[playwright]], regular columnist on [[Swans Commentary]].<ref>[http://www.swans.com/contrib/cmarow.html Bio on swans.com]</ref> He was perhaps best known for being a "close collaborator" with Peter Brook<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8o9ic-Vw3_kC&pg=PA51&dq=%22Charles+Marowitz%22+brook&hl=it&sa=X&ei=chEST6yjH8aSOvG-1NwF&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20Marowitz%22%20brook&f=false Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves, ''Peter Brook''], Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.51</ref> at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and for founding and directing [[The Open Space Theatre]], both in [[London]].


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'''Charles Marowitz''' (26 January 1934 &ndash; 2 May 2014)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/arts/charles-marowitz-director-and-playwright-dies-at-82.html?_r=0 Charles Marowitz, Iconoclastic Director and Playwright, Dies at 82], ''New York Times'', 11 May 2014
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He is also the co-founder of ''[[Encore (magazine)|Encore]]'' magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor of ''The'' Encore ''Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama'' (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such as ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Times]]'' (London), ''[[TheaterWeek]]'', and ''[[American Theatre]]'' and was the lead critic on the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' until it ceased publication.
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</ref> was an American [[critic]], [[theatre director]], and [[playwright]], regular columnist on Swans Commentary.<ref>[http://www.swans.com/contrib/cmarow.html Bio on swans.com]</ref> He collaborated with [[Peter Brook]] at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], and later founded and directed [[The Open Space Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8o9ic-Vw3_kC&dq=%22Charles+Marowitz%22+brook&pg=PA51 Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves, ''Peter Brook''], Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.51</ref>


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He was also the co-founder of ''[[Encore (magazine)|Encore]]'' magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor of ''The'' Encore ''Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama'' (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such as ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Times]]'' (London), ''[[TheaterWeek]]'', and ''[[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]]'' and was the lead critic on the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' until it ceased publication.
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He was additionally the author of ''Murdering Marlowe'', which imagines a rivalry between [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Christopher Marlowe]], which was selected as a finalist for the [[GLAAD Media Awards]] of 2002, and of the 1987 [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] play ''[[Sherlock's Last Case]]'' with [[Frank Langella]] in the lead role.<ref name=Rich>[[Frank Rich]], [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE5D6103CF932A1575BC0A961948260 "Stage: Langella In 'Sherlock's Last.'&nbsp;"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 21, 1987, accessed October 11, 2007.</ref>


The period as a critic in London was recorded in the book ''Confessions of a Counterfeit Critic'' (Eyre Methuen 1973). Its subtitle was ''A London Theatre Notebook 1958-1971''.
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His free adaptations of Shakespeare have been collected in ''The Marowitz Shakespeare''. He died of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] in 2014 at the age of 80.<ref>Elaine Woo [http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-charles-marowitz-20140506-story.html "Charles Marowitz, playwright, director and critic, dies at 80"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 6 May 2014</ref>

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He was the author of ''Murdering Marlowe'', which imagined a rivalry between [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Christopher Marlowe]]. It was selected as a finalist for the [[GLAAD Media Awards]] of 2002. He was author the 1987 [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] play ''[[Sherlock's Last Case]]'' with [[Frank Langella]] in the lead role.<ref name="Rich">[[Frank Rich]], [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE5D6103CF932A1575BC0A961948260 "Stage: Langella In 'Sherlock's Last.'&nbsp;"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 21, 1987, accessed October 11, 2007.</ref>

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His free adaptations of Shakespeare were collected in ''The Marowitz Shakespeare''. He died of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] in 2014 at the age of 80.<ref>Elaine Woo [http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-charles-marowitz-20140506-story.html "Charles Marowitz, playwright, director and critic, dies at 80"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 6 May 2014</ref>


==Selected bibliography==
==Selected bibliography==
*Marowitz, Charles (1977). ''[[Artaud]] at Rodez''. London: Marion Boyars. ISBN 0-7145-2632-0.
*Marowitz, Charles (1977). ''[[Artaud]] at Rodez''. London: Marion Boyars. {{ISBN|0-7145-2632-0}}.
*Marowitz, Charles, ed. and trans. (2000). ''The Marowitz Shakespeare: Adaptions and Collages of Hamlet, MacBeth, the Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and the Merchant of Venice''. London: Marion Boyars. ISBN 978-0-7145-2651-5.
*Marowitz, Charles, ed. and trans. (2000). ''The Marowitz Shakespeare: Adaptions and Collages of Hamlet, MacBeth, the Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and the Merchant of Venice''. London: Marion Boyars. {{ISBN|978-0-7145-2651-5}}.
*–––, Tom Milne, and Owen Hale, eds. (1981). ''The Encore Reader: A Chronice of the New Drama''. London: Methuen, 1965. Reissued as ''New Theatre Voices of the Fifties and Sixties''. London: Eyre Methuen.
*–––, Tom Milne, and Owen Hale, eds. (1981). ''The Encore Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama''. London: Methuen, 1965. Reissued as ''New Theatre Voices of the Fifties and Sixties''. London: Eyre Methuen.
*Trussler,Simon (2014). Charles Marowitz in London: Twenty-Five Years Hard: Marowitz in the Sixties. New Theatre Quarterly, 30:3, p.&nbsp;203–206
*Trussler, Simon (2014). Charles Marowitz in London: Twenty-Five Years Hard: Marowitz in the Sixties. New Theatre Quarterly, 30:3, p.&nbsp;203–206


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://marowitztheater.com/bio.html "Biography: Charles Marowitz"] on ''Marowitz Theatre''.
*[https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/guides/Playwrights Charles Marowitz Papers] at the [[Harry Ransom Center]]
*[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=4781 Charles Marowitz] on [[Internet Broadway Database]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208131554/http://marowitztheater.com/bio.html "Biography: Charles Marowitz"] on ''Marowitz Theatre''.
*{{IBDB name|4781}}
*[http://www.swans.com/contrib/cmarow.html "Commentary: Charles Marowitz"] – Contributor page at Swans.com.
*[http://www.swans.com/contrib/cmarow.html "Commentary: Charles Marowitz"] – Contributor page at Swans.com.
*''[http://marowitztheater.com/index.html Marowitz Theatre]'' Marowitz's website.
*''[http://marowitztheater.com/index.html Marowitz Theatre]'' Marowitz's website.
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Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014)[1] was an American critic, theatre director, and playwright, regular columnist on Swans Commentary.[2] He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later founded and directed The Open Space Theatre in London.[3]

He was also the co-founder of Encore magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor of The Encore Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such as The New York Times, The Times (London), TheaterWeek, and American Theatre and was the lead critic on the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner until it ceased publication.

The period as a critic in London was recorded in the book Confessions of a Counterfeit Critic (Eyre Methuen 1973). Its subtitle was A London Theatre Notebook 1958-1971.

He was the author of Murdering Marlowe, which imagined a rivalry between William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. It was selected as a finalist for the GLAAD Media Awards of 2002. He was author the 1987 Broadway play Sherlock's Last Case with Frank Langella in the lead role.[4]

His free adaptations of Shakespeare were collected in The Marowitz Shakespeare. He died of complications from Parkinson's disease in 2014 at the age of 80.[5]

Selected bibliography

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  • Marowitz, Charles (1977). Artaud at Rodez. London: Marion Boyars. ISBN 0-7145-2632-0.
  • Marowitz, Charles, ed. and trans. (2000). The Marowitz Shakespeare: Adaptions and Collages of Hamlet, MacBeth, the Taming of the Shrew, Measure for Measure, and the Merchant of Venice. London: Marion Boyars. ISBN 978-0-7145-2651-5.
  • –––, Tom Milne, and Owen Hale, eds. (1981). The Encore Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama. London: Methuen, 1965. Reissued as New Theatre Voices of the Fifties and Sixties. London: Eyre Methuen.
  • Trussler, Simon (2014). Charles Marowitz in London: Twenty-Five Years Hard: Marowitz in the Sixties. New Theatre Quarterly, 30:3, p. 203–206

References

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  1. ^ Charles Marowitz, Iconoclastic Director and Playwright, Dies at 82, New York Times, 11 May 2014
  2. ^ Bio on swans.com
  3. ^ Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves, Peter Brook, Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.51
  4. ^ Frank Rich, "Stage: Langella In 'Sherlock's Last.' ", The New York Times, August 21, 1987, accessed October 11, 2007.
  5. ^ Elaine Woo "Charles Marowitz, playwright, director and critic, dies at 80", Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2014
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