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Also Known As Lanford Eugene Wilson
Born April 13, 1937 • Lebanon • Missouri
Died March 24, 2011 (aged 73) • Wayne • New Jersey
Founder Circle Repertory Company
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “Balm in Gilead” • “Burn This” • “Home Free!” • “Talley’s Folly” • “The Hot l Baltimore” • “The Madness of Lady Bright” • “The Rimers of Eldritch”
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Howard Lindsay
American playwright
Mary Coyle Chase
American writer
Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O’Neill
American dramatist
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
David Mamet, 2004.
David Mamet
American author
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
August Wilson
August Wilson
American dramatist
Edward Albee
Edward Albee
American author
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Susan Glaspell
American dramatist and novelist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Zona Gale.
Zona Gale
American novelist and playwright
Sherwood, photograph by Yousuf Karsh
Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright