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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&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> |
</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&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> |
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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 the author of ''Murdering Marlowe'', which |
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.' "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 21, 1987, accessed October 11, 2007.</ref> |
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His free adaptations of Shakespeare |
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> |
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==Selected bibliography== |
==Selected bibliography== |
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Revision as of 13:14, 10 March 2023
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.
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
- 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 Chronice 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
- ^ Charles Marowitz, Iconoclastic Director and Playwright, Dies at 82, New York Times, 11 May 2014
- ^ Bio on swans.com
- ^ Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves, Peter Brook, Cambridge University Press, 1995, p.51
- ^ Frank Rich, "Stage: Langella In 'Sherlock's Last.' ", The New York Times, August 21, 1987, accessed October 11, 2007.
- ^ Elaine Woo "Charles Marowitz, playwright, director and critic, dies at 80", Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2014
External links
- Charles Marowitz Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
- "Biography: Charles Marowitz" on Marowitz Theatre.
- Charles Marowitz at the Internet Broadway Database
- "Commentary: Charles Marowitz" – Contributor page at Swans.com.
- Marowitz Theatre Marowitz's website.
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