Donald L. Coburn

Donald L. Coburn (* August 4, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American playwright who in 1978 was honored for his play The Gin Game with the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Life

After schooling Coburn made ​​1958-1960 his military service in the U.S. Air Force and founded in 1965 its own advertising agency, which he ran until 1968. After he was then employed as a copywriter at Stanford Advertising Company in Dallas, he worked from 1973 to 1976 as a marketing consultant.

For his 1977 play, first performed in The Gin Game ( see Gin Rummy ), he received the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for drama and was also nominated for the Tony Award for best play. The piece was repeatedly staged as a TV movie and indeed in 1981 by Terry Hughes with Jessica Tandy as, Fonsia Dorsey ' and Hume Cronyn as, Weller Martin ', 1982 by Senne Rouffaer and Luc Segers under the title concert Tickets op board with Helene van Herck and Luc Philips, 1983 by Tom Toelle under the title gin rummy with Edda Seippel and Klaus Schwarzkopf and 2003 by Arvin Brown with Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke. In German-speaking theater productions, among other Nicklisch Mary and Anne Marie Schradiek played the role of, Fonsia Dorsey ' Peter and the Lühr, Weller Martin '.

Dramas

• The Confession
• 1977 The Gin Game