Mel Gussow (1933–2005)
Auteur de Edward Albee
A propos de l'auteur
Mel Gussow, critic and author, is a cultural writer for The New York Times. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism
Crédit image: Mel Gussow Collection, Harry Ransom Center UofTexas
Œuvres de Mel Gussow
Theatre on the Edge: New Visions, New Voices: Cloth Book (Applause Critics Circle) (1998) 7 exemplaires
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Gussow, Mel
- Nom légal
- Gussow, Melvyn Hayes
- Date de naissance
- 1933-12-19
- Date de décès
- 2005-04-29
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Rockville Centre, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Heidelberg, Germany - Études
- Middlebury College (BA in American Literature)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MA) - Professions
- theater critic
movie critic
author - Organisations
- U.S. Army (medic in WWII)
Newsweek
The New York Times - Prix et distinctions
- American Theater Hall of Fame (inducted 2008)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Tom's Bookstore (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 266
- Popularité
- #86,736
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 1
Aside from the "interviews" with Beckett himself, there are discussions with many involved in productions of plays. All of this is miraculously accomplished without an artful word. There is something of a permanent leer, an unsettling gaze. I didn't care for it.
Gussow confesses he harbored aspirations of an authorized Beckett biography. Denied by Sam, Gussow gathered gossipy notes. There are anecdotes about Dustin Hoffmann completing a reading of Godot. There's Pinter stating he once drank for 24 hours with Beckett. Towards the end there is an actual interview with Beckett's nephew and executor of his estate. There is a touch of sentiment, though one imagines the nephew cringing from the author's excited, hot breath.… (plus d'informations)