Principal Works
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The Wharton Dance (play) 1939–40
Texas Town (play) 1941
Out of My House (play) 1941–42
Only the Heart (play) 1942
Ludie Brooks (television play) 1951
The Chase (play) 1952
The Old Beginning (television play) 1952
The Travelers (television play) 1952
The Death of the Old Man (television play) 1953
John Turner Davis (television play) 1953
The Midnight Caller (television play) 1953
The Oil Well (television play) 1953
Tears of My Sister (television play) 1953
The Trip to Bountiful (play) 1953
The Trip to Bountiful (television play) 1953
A Young Lady of Property (television play) 1953
The Traveling Lady (play) 1954
The Chase (novel) 1956
∗Harrison, Texas (television plays) 1956
Storm Fear (screenplay) 1956
Old Man [adaptor; from the novella by William Faulkner] (television play) 1958
Tomorrow [adaptor; from the short story by William Faulkner] (television play) 1960
†Night of the Storm (play) 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird [adaptor; from the novel by Harper Lee] (screenplay) 1962
Tomorrow [adaptor; from the short story by William Faulkner] (play) 1963
‡Baby, the Rain Must Fall (screenplay) 1964
Hurry Sundown [adaptor, with Thomas Ryan; from the novel by K. B. Gilden] (screenplay) 1967
The Stalking Moon (screenplay) 1969
Gone with the Wind [adaptor; from the novel by Margaret Mitchell] (musical) 1972
Tomorrow [adaptor; based on the short story by William Faulkner] (screenplay) 1972
The Displaced Person [adaptor; based on the short story by Flannery O'Connor] (screenplay) 1977
§Courtship (play) 1978
§1918 (play) 1979
Barn Burning [adaptor; from the short story by William Faulkner] (screenplay) 1980
§On Valentine's Day (play) 1980
The Man Who Climbed Pecan Trees (play) 1982
∗∗The Roads to Home (play) 1982
Tender Mercies (screenplay) 1983
Blind Date (play) 1985
1918 (screenplay) 1985
The One-Armed Man (play) 1985
The Prisoner's Song (play) 1985
The Road to the Graveyard (play) 1985
The Trip to Bountiful (screenplay) 1985
On Valentine's Day (screenplay) 1986
§Lily Dale (play) 1986–87
§The Widow Claire (play) 1986–87
The Habitation of Dragons (play) 1988
The Land of the Astronauts (play) 1988
§Cousins (play) 1989
§The Death of Papa (play) 1989
§Convicts (screenplay) 1991
Of Mice and Men [adaptor; based on the novella by John Steinbeck] (screenplay) 1992
Night Seasons (play) 1993
Talking Pictures (play) 1994
God's Pictures (play) 1995
Laura Dennis (play) 1995
§The Young Man from Atlanta (play) 1995
∗This volume collects eight scripts Foote wrote for television.
†This work was later renamed Roots in a Parched Ground and is considered part of "The Orphan's Home" cycle.
‡This work is an adaptation of Foote's play The Traveling Lady.
§These works are part of the dramatic cycle known as "The Orphan's Home."
∗∗This trilogy is composed of the works The Roads to Home, The Dearest of Friends, and Spring Dance.
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