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The Carpetbagger's Children and the Actor

The Carpetbagger's Children and the Actor( )
Author: Foote, Horton
ISBN:978-1-58567-297-4
Publication Date:Jul 2003
Publisher:Abrams, Inc.
Imprint:Overlook Press, The
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

One of America's preeminent dramatists, Pulitzer Prize winner Horton Foote returns to the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, with The Carpetbagger's Children & The Actor, two captivating plays about the bewildering and unsettling encroachment of change in the American South. In a series of haunting dramatic monologues, The Carpetbagger's Children tells the story of three daughters who struggle against the pressures of modern life to...
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Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Drama / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.625 x 8.375 x 0.375 Inches
Book Weight:0.28 Pounds
Author Biography
Foote, Horton (Author)
Horton Foote was born in Wharton, Texas on March 14, 1916. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California for two years before going to New York and joining Mary Hunter's American Actors Company. While there, he wrote a one-act play called Wharton Dance. After that, he continued to pursue acting and appeared in a few other plays, but primarily focused on writing. After World War II, he moved to Washington D. C. to run the King Smith School with Vincent Donehue. While he was there, he opened the King Smith Theater to all races, the first integrated audiences in the nation's capital.

In addition to plays, he wrote for television and film. He was one of the writers for The Gabby Hayes Show on NBC. He wrote numerous plays including The Chase, The Carpetbagger's Children, and The Orphans' Home. He wrote numerous screenplays for movies including Baby, the Rain Must Fall and The Trip to Bountiful. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Young Man from Atlanta and two Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies. He died on March 4, 2009 at the age of 92.

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