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Wendy and the lost boys : the uncommon life of Wendy Wasserstein / Julie Salamon.

Salamon, Julie. (Author).

Summary:

Presents an authorized portrait of the Pulitzer Prize- and first woman Tony Award-winning playwright that includes coverage of the private tragedies that overshadowed her high-achieving family, the premature birth of her fatherless daughter and her early death.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594202988
  • ISBN: 1594202982
  • Physical Description: 460 pages 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Growing Up, 1950-71 -- 1 Family Wasserstein 7 -- 2 A Brooklyn Childhood, 1950-63 27 -- 3 A Girl's Education, 1963-6749 -- 4 Gracious Living, 1967-68 67 -- 5 Great Expectations, 1968-71 83 -- Part 2 Becoming a Writer, 1971-80 -- 6 Funniest Girl in New York, 1971-73 101 -- 7 Drama Queens and Kings, 1973-76 119 -- 8 A Playwright's Horizons, 1976-77 139 -- 9 Tryout Town, USA, Summer 1977 155 -- 10 Emergence of Wendy Wasserstein, 1977-78 167 -- 11 Orphans' Christmas, 1978-79 187 -- Part 3 Isn't it Romantic, 1980-89 -- 12 Design for Living, 1980-83 205 -- 13 Miami, 1984-86 227 -- 14 Rooms of Her Own, 1986-87 239 -- 15 Heidi Chronicles, 1988-89 259 -- Part 4 Days of Awe, 1990-99 -- 16 Wendy Wasserstein, Inc., 1990-92 275 -- 17 Thicker Than Water, 1990-93 287 -- 18 Objects of Her Affection, 1993-98 307 -- 19 Festival of Regrets, 1998-99 327 -- 20 Birth of Lucy Jane, 1999 343 -- Part 5 Wendy's Last Act, 2000-2006 -- Twenty-1 New Millennium, 2000-01 357 -- Twenty-2 Welcome to My Rash, 2002-04 371 -- Twenty-3 Final Production, 2005 391 -- Twenty-4 Legacy, 2005-06 413.
Subject:
Wasserstein, Wendy.
Dramatists, American > Biography.
Dramatists, American > 20th century > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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