Maurice Valency
Maurice Valency (22 March 1903 – 28 September 1996) was a playwright, author, critic, and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. He wrote several original plays, but is best known for his adaptations of the plays of others. Valency's version of ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' would become the basis of the Jerry Herman musical ''Dear World'' on Broadway.He is also noted for his book ''The Flower and the Castle: An Introduction to Modern Drama''. John Gassner in his review of this book said that Mr. Valency brought to his work "a lifetime of study and experience as well as a viewpoint both Olympian and engaged." Valency also wrote television plays, adaptations of librettos, novels, and academic works on Chekhov, Strindberg, Ibsen and Shaw. Provided by Wikipedia
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The end of the world : an introduction to contemporary drama
New York : Schocken Books, 1983Format: Book
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The madwoman of Chaillot
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2011
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Conversation with a sphinx : a play in one act
New York, N.Y. : Dramatists Play Service, 1980Format: Book
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The flower and the castle : an introduction to modern drama.
New York : Macmillan, 1963Format: Book
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The cart and the trumpet ; the plays of George Bernard Shaw
New York : Oxford University Press, 1973Format: Book
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The breaking string : the plays of Anton Chekhov
New York : Oxford University Press, 1966Format: Book
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The flower and the castle; an introduction to modern drama.
New York, Grosset & Dunlap 1966Format: Book
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In praise of love; an introduction to the love-poetry of the Renaissance.
New York, Macmillan, 1958Format: Book
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The end of the world : an introduction to contemporary drama
New York : Oxford University Press, 1980Format: Book
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The Apollo of Bellac : a play in one act
New York : French, 1954Other Authors: “…Valency, Maurice, 1903-1996…”
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