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I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (other)
''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' may refer to: * ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (novel), a 1964 semi-autobiographical novel of a teenage girl's battle with schizophrenia by Joanne Greenberg ** ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (film), a 1977 film based on the Joanne Greenberg novel ** ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (play), a 2004 play based on the Joanne Greenberg novel * "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", a song written by Joe South {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (novel)
''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' (1964) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Joanne Greenberg, written under the pen name of Hannah Green. It served as the basis for a film in 1977 and a play in 2004. Inspiration The character of Dr. Fried is based closely on Greenberg's real doctor Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and the hospital on Chestnut Lodge in Rockville, Maryland. While at Chestnut Lodge, Greenberg described a fantasy world called Iria to her doctors, quoting poetry in the Irian language. However, some of Greenberg's doctors felt that this was not a true delusion but rather something Greenberg had made up on the spot to impress her psychiatrist. One doctor went so far as to state that Irian was not an actual language, but was a form of bastardized Armenian. However, according to Gerald Schoenewolf, Irian was a conlang invented by Greenberg at an early age to prevent her father from reading her poetry, and had its own writing system resembling Chinese characters. Fromm-Reichm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (film)
''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' is an Academy Award-nominated, 1977 American fantasy drama film based on Joanne Greenberg's 1964 novel of the same name. Plot Pretty and privileged Deborah is, at the age of 16, a borderline schizophrenic who spends most of her waking hours in a bizarre fantasy realm. After a suicide attempt, she lands in a mental institution, where the hostile environment threatens to destabilize her condition even further. It's only through the focused attention of the sympathetic Dr. Fried that Deborah is gradually able to distinguish between dreams and reality again. Cast * Kathleen Quinlan as Deborah Blake * Bibi Andersson as Dr. Fried * Ben Piazza as Jay Blake * Lorraine Gary as Esther Blake * Martine Bartlett as Secret Wife * Margo Ann Berdeshevsky as Drawing Patient * Darlene Craviotto as Carla * Reni Santoni as Hobbs * Susan Tyrrell as Lee * Signe Hasso as Helene * Diane Varsi as Sylvia * Norman Alden as McPherson * Sylvia Sidney as Miss Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (play)
''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' is a 2004 play based on Joanne Greenberg's 1964 novel of the same name. The play was written by Colorado playwright Walter L. Newton with full cooperation of the book's author Joanne Greenberg. It was directed by Rick Bernstein, and premiered at Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, Colorado to positive reviews in both ''Variety'' and ''The Denver Post ''The Denver Post'' is a daily newspaper and website published in Denver, Colorado. As of June 2022, it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 ...''. The play expanded on the original story by including new information about Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann from Gail Hornstein's autobiography ''To Redeem One Person Is To Redeem The World''. The play also restored the anti-Semitic and Jewish elements of the book that were removed from the film. ''Variety'' said "…the dramatic arc is a compelling mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |