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Harold
Clurman
For other pages about Harold Clurman visit the following
links:
| Harold Clurman Biography | Chronology | Harold
Clurman's Reflections | Plays Directed | What
Harold Clurman Means to Us Today | Letter from
President Jimmy Carter |
HAROLD
CLURMAN is heralded as "the Elder Statesman of the American
Theatre." He embodied the passion, the fervor, the inspiring voice of
an entire generation. Co-founder with Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford
of the famed Group Theatre of the 1930's considered by many the most
significant ensemble art theatre in the history of the American theatre,
it revolutionized not only the American Theatre but American acting in
every facet. Mr. Clurman was the award-winning director of over 40 of
the most important plays of the 20th century, including A
Member of the Wedding with Julie Harris; Bus Stop with Kim
Stanley; Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing, Golden Boy, Paradise
Lost, and Rocket to the Moon; The Dance of the Toreadors with
Ralph Richardson; Tiger at the Gates with Michael Redgrave; and Uncle
Vanya with Joseph Wiseman. He also directed Marlon Brando (in his
first adult role) in Truckline Café; Montserrat at Israel's
Habimah Theatre; Long Day's Journey Into Night with Roy
Scheider in Tokyo; and Japan's Kumo Theatre Company in The
Iceman Cometh. He authored such influential books as The Fervent
Years, On Directing, Ibsen, Lies Like Truth,
and his autobiography, All People Are Famous.
He was considered America's pre-eminent theatre critic, and was the drama
critic for "The Nation" and "The New Republic". Mr. Clurman
received the Donaldson Award for Directing, the George Jean Nathan Award
for Writing and France's Legion d'Honneur. Mr. Clurman's writings can
be found in The Collected Works of Harold
Clurman, and every season in "The Soul of the American Actor" Newspaper.
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Harold Clurman in front of the original Harold Clurman Theatre on 42ns Street, New York City |
Harold Clurman as drawn by Al Hirschfeld |
"Deadline at Dawn" - a 1946 film noir, the only film directed by Harold Clurman, written by Clifford Odets & starring Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas. Director of photography: Nicholas Musuraca. Musical score by Hanns Eisler |
"The Collected Works of Harold Clurman: Six Decades of Commentary on Theatre , Dance, Music, Film, Arts and Letters" by Harold Clurman, Editors: Marjorie Loggia, Glenn Young - Applause Books |
Harold Clurman giving one of his talks to Group Theatre actors during their first summer in Brookfield Center, Connecticut, 1931 |
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For other pages about Harold Clurman visit
the following links:
| Harold Clurman Biography | Chronology | Harold
Clurman's reflections | Plays Directed |
| What
Harold Clurman Means to Us Today | Letter from
President Jimmy Carter |
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