John Guare (Critical Survey of Drama)

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John Guare’s short teleplay Kissing Sweet, a satirical pastiche about pollution, appeared as part of New York’s WNED-TV program Foul! on November 25, 1969. His 1971 screenplay for director Miloš Forman’s Taking Off was actually a revision of a script by Forman and Jean-Claude Carrière. His screenplay Atlantic City (1981) was Guare’s original work. The 1986 revival of The House of Blue Leaves resulted in a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) televised version on the Great Performances series; similarly, the...

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