Genesis of an American playwright

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Genesis of an American playwright

by Horton Foote ; edited and with an introduction by Dr. Marion Castleberry

Baylor University Press, [c2004]

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272) and index

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In Genesis of an American Playwright Horton Foote, one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century, reflects upon his journey from his childhood in Wharton, Texas, through his early experiences as an actor in the theatre, to his mature vocation as a playwright. All along the way, Foote carefully identifies the people and influences that shaped his character and nurtured his art. What is remarkable about this book is equally remarkable about his drama: he writes with an effortlessness that belies the intimacy of the art emanating from deep within. The stories are simply told but complex in their resonance. Foote not only reveals his immediate professional world but also provides a running commentary on the changes in American culture. This book makes for as fascinating reading as it does compelling history. On December 20, 2000, President Bill Clinton conferred the National Medal of Arts on Texas dramatist, Horton Foote, and noted that Foote's six-decade-long, award-winning career established him as the nation's most prolific writer for stage, film, and television. Foote's many awards include two Academy Awards, an Emmy, a Burkey Award and the Screen Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America, the Lucille Lortel Award, and his induction into both the Theatre Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Without question, Horton Foote has enriched American literature with his unique writing style and his truthful examinations of the human condition. Besides To Kill A Mockingbird and The Trip To Bountiful, Foote has written a score of notable plays, teleplays, and films.

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Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction Chapter 1: Genesis of a Playwright Seeing and Imagining Pasadena and Beyond Learning to Write Chapter 2: On Being a Southern Writer Wharton, Then and Now What It Means to be a Southern Writer The Trip to Paradise The Artist as Mythmaker Things Have Ends and Beginnings Chapter 3: Writing for the Stage Dance and Broadway (1944) Harrison, USA Sometimes the One-Act Play Says It All Advice to Young Playwrights Herbert Berghof The Orphans' Home Cycle Lecture How To and How Not To: Some Lessons Learned along the Way Introduction to The Young Man from Atlanta Chapter 4: Writing for the Screen The Little Box On First Dramatizing Faulkner The McDermott Lecture Writing for Film Willa Cather Chapter 5: Thoughts on the American Theatre The New York Theatre (1930--1940) The Changing of the Guard The Vanishing World and Renewals Appendix: Cast Lists and Production Information Bibliography of Published and Produced Works (1939-2003) Notes Index

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