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Arthur Kopit Biography (1937-)

Born May 10, 1937, in New York, NY; son of George (a business executive) andMaxine (Dubin) Kopit; married Leslie Ann Garis, 1968; children: Alexander, Benjamin, Kathleen. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Bridget Aschenberg, International Creative Management, 40 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

May 10, 1937

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Director, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin'So Sad, Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, 1963.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• director, The Questioning of Nick, WNHC, 1959.
• Writings
• PLAYS,PRODUCED Productions at Harvard University: The Questioning of Nick, 1957.
• Gemini, 1957.
• (with Wally Lawrence) Don Juan in Texas, 1957.
• (with Lawrence) On the Runway of Life You Never Know What's Coming Off Next, 1957.
• Across the River and into the Jungle, 1958.
• Sing to Me Through Open Windows and To Dwell in a Palace of Strangers, both 1959.
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closest and I'm Feelin' So Sad,Harvard University, 1960, then Lyric Theatre, Lonon, 1961, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1962, transferring to the Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1963,then produced at the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, 1963.
• Asylum, or What the Gentlemen Are Up to, and as for the Ladies, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1963.
• Chamber Music, Society Hill Playhouse, Philadelphia, 1965.
• Sing to Me Through Open Windows and The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis, both at the Players Theatre, New York City, 1965.
• Indians, with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968, then Arena Stage, Washington, DC,and transferring to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• The Conquest of Everest and The Hero, both at the New York Theatre Ensemble, New York City, 1973.
• The Questioning of Nick, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1974.
• Secrets of the Rich, 1976.
• Wings, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1978.
• (libretto) Nine, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1982-83.
• (translation of Ibsen's Ghosts) End of the World, Music Box Theatre, NewYork City, 1984.
• Also Mhil'daim, 1963, Ghosts (translation) and Good Help Is Hard to Find(one-act), all produced in New York City.
• PLAYS,PUBLISHED Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition, Hill & Wang, 1960.
• The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis, and Other Plays (contains "The Questioning of Nick," "Sing to Me Through Open Windows," "Chamber Music," "And as for the Ladies," "The Hero," "The Conquest of Everest," and "The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis"), Hill & Wang, 1969 (published in England as Chamber Music & Other Plays, Methuen, 1969).
• Indians, Hill & Wang, 1969.
• Wings, Hill & Wang, 1978.
• End of the World, Samuel French, 1985.
• Ghosts, Samuel French.
• Writings;TELEVISION PLAYS
• The Questioning of Nick, WNHC, 1959.
• "The Conquest of Everest," New York Television Theatre, NET, 1966.
• Also "Promontory Point Revisited," New York Television Theatre, NET.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad..., Paramount, 1967.
• Indians.
• Wings.BOOKS His work is represented in Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow?, edited by Bob Booker and George Foster, published by Geis, 1968.
• Writings;PERIODICALS
• First act of To Dwell in a Palace of Strangers published in the Harvard Advocate, May, 1959.