Arthur Laurents
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Brief Biography

Born:  May 15, 1926

“Arthur Laurents Interview.”  Interview by Mike Wood.  Camera by Lonny Quattlebaum.  Edit by Steve Worley.  November 10, 2003.   New York, NY.  Site hosted by The William Inge Center for the Arts.  Video hosted by Wichita State University

 

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A plot scheme
 
Radio writing teaches economy
 
The Army
 
Cornell: "You're a writer..."
 
Home of the Brave (1945)
  The genesis
  Anti-Semitism
  The film (1949)
 
Rope (1948)
  Homosexual theme
  One continuous shot
 
Leaning Left
 
Elia Kazan
 
Blacklisted
 
The Time of the Cuckoo (1952)
  Venice
  Summertime
        David Lean
        Kate Hepburn
 
West Side Story (1957)
  Cool
  Lyrics and music
  Tweaking Shakespeare
  The 11:00 number
 
Gypsy (1959)
  The writing team
  Madam Rose
  A Catholic critic
 
Hallelujah, Baby! (1967)
 
The Way We Were (1973)
  Studio cuts
  A bug in the living room
 
Directing La Cage aux Folles (1983)
 
A writing hiatus, and then…
 
Two Lives
 
Attacks on the Heart (2003)
 
The George Street Playhouse and David Saint
 
Two minorities
 
Transitions must be emotional
 
The rhythm of dialogue
 
Advice to writers
 
Writing habits
 
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