Wallace Shawn - Revision history

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	This unusual person is instantly recognizable to most viewers of American [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001728/ movies and TV]. He's less well known for his work as a writer, which is what these notes are about.		This unusual person is instantly recognizable to most viewers of American [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001728/ movies and TV]. He's less well known for his work as a writer, which is what these notes are about.
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		+	'''''Note: most of these notes were written a pretty long time ago, so they're not up to date with newer writing or productions. I do hope to update them at some point.'''''

	== Plays discussed here ==		== Plays discussed here ==

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	* ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'', W.D. King's 1997 book about Shawn (reviewed here)		* ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'', W.D. King's 1997 book about Shawn (reviewed here)

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	* ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'', W.D. King's 1997 book about Shawn (reviewed here)		* ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'', W.D. King's 1997 book about Shawn (reviewed here)

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 == Other reading ==
-* [[wikipedia:Wallace Shawn|Wikipedia]]
+* [[wikipedia:Wallace Shawn|Wikipedia]] - biography etc.
 * "[http://www.donshewey.com/theater_articles/wally_shawn.html The Secret Life of Wally Shawn]". ''Esquire'', 1983. Profile by Don Shewey, following the release of ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]''. Very thorough.
 * ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'', W.D. King's 1997 book about Shawn (reviewed here)
 [[Category:Wallace Shawn]]

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 ''The Music Teacher'' (1983). Libretto for opera, music by his brother Allen Shawn. Had only readings, no full productions, until 2006 when it was produced in New York by The New Group.
-''The Mandrake'' (1977). Translation/adaptation of Niccolo Machiavelli's 1524 political satire, with music and lyrics by Howard Goodall. Published in an acting edition.
+''The Mandrake'' (1977). Translation/adaptation of Niccolo Machiavelli's 1524 political satire, with music and lyrics by Howard Goodall. Published in an acting edition from Dramatists Play Service (ISBN 0822207281).
 ''In the Dark'' (1975). Libretto for one-act opera, music by his brother Allen Shawn. Produced in 1976.

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-This unusual person is instantly recognizable to most viewers of American movies and TV. He's less well known for his work as a writer, which is what these notes are about.
+This unusual person is instantly recognizable to most viewers of American [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001728/ movies and TV]. He's less well known for his work as a writer, which is what these notes are about.
 == Plays discussed here ==

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 == Plays discussed here ==
-: ''[[The Hotel Play]]''
+: ''[[The Hotel Play]]'' (1970)
-: ''[[Our Late Night]]''
+: ''[[Our Late Night]]'' (1975)
-: ''[[A Thought in Three Parts]]''
+: ''[[A Thought in Three Parts]]'' (1976)
-: ''[[Marie and Bruce]]''
+: ''[[Marie and Bruce]]'' (1978)
-: ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]''
+: ''[[My Dinner with Andre]]'' (1980)
-: ''[[Aunt Dan and Lemon]]''
+: ''[[Aunt Dan and Lemon]]'' (1985)
-: ''[[The Fever]]''
+: ''[[The Fever]]'' (1990)
-: ''[[The Designated Mourner]]''
+: ''[[The Designated Mourner]]'' (1996)
-: ''[[Grasses of a Thousand Colors]]''
+: ''[[Grasses of a Thousand Colors]]'' (2014)
-: ''[[Evening at the Talk House]]''
+: ''[[Evening at the Talk House]]'' (2015)
 == Other plays ==

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-== Plays written about here ==
 : ''[[The Hotel Play]]''
 : ''[[Our Late Night]]''
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 : ''[[The Designated Mourner]]''
 : ''[[Grasses of a Thousand Colors]]''
-== Other ==
+== Other plays ==
-(All of the following except ''The Mandrake'' are unpublished, and are described in ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'')
+(All of these except ''The Mandrake'' are unpublished, and are described in ''[[Writing Wrongs]]'')
 ''The Music Teacher'' (1983). Libretto for opera, music by his brother Allen Shawn. Had only readings, no full productions, until 2006 when it was produced in New York by The New Group.
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 ''Four Meals in May'' (1967).
-== Short writings by Shawn ==
+== Short writings ==
 * "[http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1285/n4_v27/19382618/p1/article.jhtml Mission: possible]". ''Interview'', April 1997. Interview by Shawn with actor Vanessa Redgrave (who later filmed ''[[The Fever]]'') on current political trends and the function of theater artists in a troubled world.