Barbara Field is a playwright whose work has been seen at theaters across North America and Europe. Barbara Field by Boutet de Monvel

Education

Field is a graduate of the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

(BA) and the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

(MA).

Career

She has written adaptations of such great works of literature as ''Great Expectations'' and ''A Christmas Carol'', both by

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, and of ''

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'', by

Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: ''The Sea Hawk'' (1915), ''Scaramouche'' (1921), ''Captain Blood'' (a.k.a ...

. Great Expectations won the L.A. Drama critics award in 1996. Other plays include ''Neutral Countries'', co-winner of the Humana Festival's Great American Play contest in 1983, and ''Boundary Waters'', for which she received a DramaLogue Award in 1992. She also authored three books, ''New Classics from the Guthrie Stage''(Smith and Kraus) and ''Barbara Field, Collected Plays, Vol I & II'' (Amazon). Field is a co-founder of

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and served as playwright-in-residence at the Guthrie Theater from 1974–1981.

Honorable recognitions

She has held fellowships from numerous organizations; the Shubert, Bush, McKnight, and Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships are among her many awards.

Personal life

Field lives in Minneapolis.

References

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