William Gibson (playwright)
William Gibson ( born November 13, 1914 in New York City; † November 25, 2008 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was an American playwright and writer.
Life
Gibson attended the City College of New York. In 1948 he wrote his first book Dinny and the Witches, but only with the 1954 novel, Like water under the bridge ( The Cobweb ) brought him success. The book was made into a film the following year with his involvement as The Lost with Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall in the lead roles. In 1958 it was listed with Two for the Seesaw his first play on Broadway. It came to 750 performances and was nominated for a Tony Award. Robert Wise is filmed in 1962 with Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. In 1959, with The Miracle Worker ( dark) with his hugely successful. Based on the story of Helen Keller, it won the 1960 Tony Award and was 1959-1961 on 719 performances. The film adaptation of Arthur Penn with Anne Bancroft in the title role of 1962 was honored with two Academy Awards, Gibson was nominated for his screenplay adaptation for another Oscar. In 2000 it came under the title The Miracle Worker - miracles happen to a renewed adaptation.
In 1964 he was nominated for the resultant in collaboration with Clifford Odets Musical Golden Boy for another Tony Award. By 2005, six more pieces of Gibson were performed on Broadway, including A Cry of Players over the life of the young William Shakespeare and Golda 's Balcony on Golda Meir, which came from 2003 to 2005, a total of 493 performances.
Works
- Dinny and the Witches, 1948 - Drama
- The Cobweb, 1954 - Roman ( German Like water under the bridge, Hamburg 1956)
- Two for the Seesaw, 1958 - Drama (German two-player game, Frankfurt am Main 1976)
- The Miracle Worker, 1959 - Drama (Eng. The Path into Light, Frankfurt am Main 1965)
- Golden Boy, 1964 - Musical ( Book)
- A Cry of Players, 1968 - Drama
- Seesaw, 1973 - Musical ( based on the play Two for the Seesaw )
- Golda, 1977 - Drama
- Monday After the Miracle, 1982 - Drama
- Raggedy Ann, 1986 - Musical ( Book)
- Golda 's Balcony, 2003 - Drama