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A Texas Trilogy
''A Texas Trilogy'' (also known as ''The Bradleyville Trilogy'') is a set of three plays written by Preston Jones (playwright), Preston Jones. The three plays are set in a mythical West Texas town and employ idiosyncratic language and characters that present an evocative depiction of small-town Texas life. The plays in this trilogy are ''The Oldest Living Graduate (play), The Oldest Living Graduate'', ''The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia (play), The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia'', and ''Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander (play), Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander''. Performance history The trilogy was first performed as separate pieces during the 19731974 season at the Down Center Stage in Dallas, Texas. After this, ''Knights of the White'' and ''Lu Ann Hampton'' were performed together at the 1974 Playmarket (U.S.A.), Playmarket showcase. Literary agent Audrey Wood (literary agent), Audrey Wood and director Alan Schneider saw the plays and imme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Jones (playwright)
Preston Jones (April 7, 1936 – September 19, 1979) was an American playwright best known for ''A Texas Trilogy'', a set of three plays. Biography Jones was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father, James B. Jones, was lieutenant governor of New Mexico. Jones graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1960, with a degree in education. After briefly working as an educator, he began studying drama at Baylor University under Paul Baker. Due to a conflict between Baker and Baylor's administration, Baker and Jones both moved to Trinity University (Texas) in San Antonio, where Jones received a master's degree 1966. Jones spent the majority of his adult life in the employment of the Dallas Theater Center (DTC), performing many different roles including actor, stage manager, and director. During his employment at DTC, he met his wife, actress, director, designer and DTC's assistant director, Mary Sue Jones, who had a major influence on his writing and career. In 1972, Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marriott (actor)
John Marriott (September 30, 1893 – April 5, 1977) was an American actor of the stage, film and screen, whose career spanned five decades. His acting career began on the stage in Cleveland, prior to his moving to New York City, where he was a regular performer on the Broadway stage. In the 1940s he also began to perform in films, when he reprised his role from the hit Broadway play, ''The Little Foxes'', in the William Wyler movie of the same name, starring Bette Davis. While he appeared infrequently in films (only ten during his career), he was quite active in theater, both on Broadway and in regional productions. His final performance was on-screen, in the Al Pacino film, ''Dog Day Afternoon''. Life and career 1930s and 1940s Marriott was born in Boley, Indian Territory which is now a part of Oklahoma. He died in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. He began his acting career as a member of the Karamu Players in Cleveland in 1922. He was a member of the Cleveland Playhouse thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Plays
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow ( ; born , 1945) is an American actor. Lithgow studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his work on the stage and screen. He has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Tony Awards. He has also received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 1973 Lithgow made his Broadway debut in ''The Changing Room'' for which he received his first Tony Award. In 1976 Lithgow acted alongside Meryl Streep in the plays ''27 Wagons Full of Cotton'', ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' and ''Secret Service'' at The Public Theatre. He received Tony Award nominations for ''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1985), ''M. Butterfly'' (1988), and '' Dirty Rotten Scoundre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Leachman attended Northwestern University and began appearing in local plays as a teenager. After competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant, she secured a scholarship to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, making her professional debut in 1948. In film, she appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) as the neglected wife of a closeted schoolteacher in the 1950s; she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People'' (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with featured roles in the drama '' Taps'' (1981), the spy film ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), and the horror film ''The Dark Half'' (1993), among others. Between 2000 and 2002, Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in the A&E drama series ''A Nero Wolfe Mystery''. Between 2008 and 2012, he starred as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT drama series ''Leverage''. He also had a role in the first season of the Amazon streaming drama series '' Jack Ryan''. Early life Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His father was actor Jim Hutton; his mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher. His parents divorced when Hutton was three years old, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Grizzard
George Cooper Grizzard Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American stage, television, and film actor. He was the recipient of a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, among other accolades. Life and career Grizzard was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, the son of Mary Winifred (née Albritton) and George Cooper Grizzard, an accountant. Grizzard was raised in Washington, DC, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, returning to Washington after graduation to work in advertising. He began his acting career at Washington's Arena Stage. Grizzard memorably appeared as an unscrupulous United States Senator in the film ''Advise and Consent'' in 1962. His other theatrical films included the drama ''From the Terrace'' with Paul Newman (1960), the Western story ''Comes a Horseman'' with Jane Fonda (1978), and a Neil Simon comedy, '' Seems Like Old Times'' (1980). Grizzard made his Broadway debut in '' The Desperate Hours'' in 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics. Born and raised in Nebraska, Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. He rose to film stardom with performances in films like ''Jezebel'' (1938), '' Jesse James'' (1939), and ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' (1939). His career further progressed with his portrayal of Tom Joad in ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1941, Fonda starred opposite Barbara Stanwyck in the screwball comedy classic ''The Lady Eve''. Book-ending his service in WWII were his starring roles in two highly regarded Westerns: ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943) and '' My Darling Clementine'' (1946), the latter directed by John Ford, and he also starred in Ford's Western '' Fort Apache'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Following the 1964 renaming as the Drama Desk Awards, Broadway productions were included beginning with the 1968–69 award season. The awards are considered a significant American theater distinction. History The Drama Desk organization was formed in 1949 by a group of New York theater critics, editors, reporters and publishers, in order to make the public aware of the vital issues concerning the theatrical industry. They debuted the presentations of the ''Vernon Rice Awards''. The name honors the ''New York Post'' critic Vernon Rice, who had pioneered Off-Broadway coverage in the New York press. The name was changed for the 1963–1964 awards season to the ''Drama Desk Awards''. In 1974, the Drama Desk became incorporated as a not-for-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett McGill
Everett McGill (born Charles Everett McGill III, October 21, 1945) is an American actor, who rose to prominence for his portrayal of a caveman in ''Quest for Fire'' (1981). He went on to have prominent roles in the films ''Dune'' (1984), ''Silver Bullet'' (1985), ''Heartbreak Ridge'' (1986), ''Licence to Kill'' (1989), ''The People Under the Stairs'' (1991) and '' Under Siege 2: Dark Territory'' (1995). On television he appeared as "Big" Ed Hurley in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991). He retired from acting in 1999, but returned for the revival of ''Twin Peaks''. Early life McGill was born Everett Charles McGill III in Miami Beach, Florida. He graduated from Rosedale High School in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1963. Career McGill has a relatively short filmography and has made something of a career of playing sadistic military types or terrorists. He managed to garner some level of fame by appearing in films such as ''Brubaker'' starring Robert Redford. McGill's roles include Chad Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Beckel
Graham Stuart Beckel (born December 22, 1949) is an American character actor. He is known for his guest appearances on television but has had roles in several major films as well. He is known for his roles as Franklin Ford in the drama film '' The Paper Chase'', and Dick Stensland in Curtis Hanson's ''L.A. Confidential''. He also played Jack Fisk on ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Hal Sanders on ''Heroes''. Beckel also appeared in ''The Astronaut Farmer'' as Frank, a customer at the diner. Beckel portrayed oil tycoon Ellis Wyatt in ''Atlas Shrugged'' (2011). He has a recurring role on the AMC TV show ''Halt & Catch Fire'' as Nathan Cardiff, owner of the show's fictional company "Cardiff Electric". He is the younger brother of the late political strategist and TV commentator Bob Beckel Robert Gilliland Beckel (November 15, 1948 – February 20, 2022) was an American political analyst and pundit, and political operative. He was an analyst and commentator on Fox News. He had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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