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''God and Texas'' has been published in several volumes. It was printed in full in the September, 1943 issue of ''[[Theatre Arts Magazine]]''.<ref>''Theatre Arts,'' September 1943. Print</ref> In 1944 it was collected in the volume ''The Best One-Act Plays of 1943.''<ref>Ardrey, Robert. ''God and Texas.'' In Mayorga, Margaret (ed.) ''The Best One-Act Plays of 1943.'' 9-28. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1944. Print.</ref> In 2004 it was collected, with an introduction by Glenn Young, in the volume ''Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays.''<ref>Ardrey, Robert. ''God and Texas.'' in Young, Glenn (ed.). ''Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays.'' Milwaukee, WI: Performing, 2004. Print.</ref>
''God and Texas'' has been published in several volumes. It was printed in full in the September, 1943 issue of ''[[Theatre Arts Magazine]]''.<ref>''Theatre Arts,'' September 1943. Print</ref> In 1944 it was collected in the volume ''The Best One-Act Plays of 1943.''<ref>Ardrey, Robert. ''God and Texas.'' In Mayorga, Margaret (ed.) ''The Best One-Act Plays of 1943.'' 9-28. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1944. Print.</ref> In 2004 it was collected, with an introduction by Glenn Young, in the volume ''Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays.''<ref>Ardrey, Robert. ''God and Texas.'' in Young, Glenn (ed.). ''Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays.'' Milwaukee, WI: Performing, 2004. Print.</ref>

=References=
{{reflist}}

=Sidney Howard Memorial Award=
The '''''Sidney Howard Memorial Prize''''' was a short-lived but notable theater prize established in 1939.

=Sidney Howard=
{{Main|Sidney Howard}}
Sidney Howard (1981-1989) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

He received the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] in 1925 for his play [[They Knew What They Wanted (play)|They Knew What They Wanted]].<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1925]</ref> In 1932 he was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for his adaptation of the [[Sinclair Lewis]] novel ''[[Arrowsmith (movie)|Arrowsmith]]'', and he was nominated again in 1936 for ''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]'', which he had adapted for the stage in 1934.<ref name=Berg>Berg, A. Scott. ''Goldwyn: A Biography.'' New York: Riverhead, 1998.</ref> In 1940 he was awarded a posthumous [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for the screenplay for ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref>[http://oscars.about.com/od/historytrivia/a/academytrivia.htm Oscar trivia]</ref> During his career he wrote or adapted over seventy plays and eleven films.<ref>{{IMDb person|0397608|Sidney Howard}}</ref>

Sidney Howard was one of the founding members of the Playwrights' Producing Company.<ref name=Brooks />

Howard died in 1939 at the age of forty-eight. He was working on his farm in Massachusetts when he was accidentally crushed to death by a tractor. Books Atkinson called the event "A Broadway calamity."<ref name=Brooks>Atkinson, Brooks. ''Broadway.'' New York: Atheneum, 1970. P. 268. Print.</ref> Following his tragic death his colleagues from the Playwrights' Company established the prize in his memory.

=The Award=
''Literary Prizes and their Winners'' gives the following description of the prize:
<blockquote>In 1939 the five directors of the Playwrights' Company, [[Maxwell Anderson]], [[S. N. Behrman]], [[Elmer Rice]], [[Robert E. Sherwood]], and [[John F. Wharton]], established the Sidney Howard Memorial Award of $1500. The prize ... is given annually to a new American playwright who, with no previous noteworthy success in the theater, has shown talent through the production of one or more of his plays in New York. The award is not designed to honor the "best play of the season," but to give support to a promising playwright."<ref>''Literary Prizes and their Winners.'' Qureshi Press. 15 March, 2007. P. 71. Print.</ref></blockquote>

The inaugural prize was awarded to [[Robert Ardrey]] for his play [[Thunder Rock (play)|Thunder Rock]].<ref>Anderson, Maxwell. ''Dramatist in America: Letters of Maxwell Anderson, 1912-1958.'' Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Books, 2001. Print</ref>

=Awardees=
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+ '''Cells left-aligned, table centered'''
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" | Author
! scope="col" |Publisher
|-
| 1940 || ''[[Thunder Rock (play)|Thunder Rock]]'' || [[Robert Ardrey]] || Dramatists
|-
| 1945 || ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' || [[Tennessee Williams]] || Random
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Born Yesterday]]'' || [[Garson Kanin]] || Viking
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Home of the Brave (play)|Home of the Brave]]'' || [[Arthur Laurents]] || Random
|}


=References=
=References=

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Herbert Marshall (writer)

Herbert P. J. Marshall
Born(1906-01-20)January 20, 1906
East Ham, London, England, UK
DiedMay 28, 1991(1991-05-28) (aged 85)
Cowfold, West Sussex, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Known forwriting, filmmaking, theatre design, theatre direction, education, Russian literature
SpouseFredda Brilliant
AwardsEdinburgh Film Festival Award


Herbert P. J. Marshall (20 January, 1906-28 May, 1991) was a British writer who was also involved in filmmaking, theater design and direction, education, and Russian literature.

Personal Life & Career

In 1935 while living in Moscow Marshall married Fredda Brilliant, a polish-born actress and sculptor with whom he often collaborated. In 1937 they moved to London, and in 1939 they completed the script for the socialist film The Proud Valley.[1]

At the onset of the World War II the couple became more involved in the theater. Their most notable play was the wildly successful London production of Robert Ardrey's anti-fascist play Thunder Rock, which Marshall directed and in which Brilliant acted.[2] The production also starred Michael Redgrave and later Albert Finney, first at the Neighbourhood Theatre in South Kensington and then at The Globe in London's West End.[2] In 1942 Marshall produced the Boulting Brothers' film version of Thunder Rock (film).[3]

In 1949 he directed Tinker, which he co-wrote with Brilliant. It is a semi-documentary film about the training young boys receive before their first jobs in mines.[4] The film won the Edinburgh Film Festival Award in 1949.[3]

In the 1950s and 60s Marshall and Brilliant lived in India. In 1966 they returned to the United States where he was offered a professorship in Soviet and East European studies at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale.[2] He would eventually retire in 1979, having become distinguished professor of Soviet Literature and Theater Arts.[3]

According to the New York Times, "Mr. Marshall also founded theatrical groups, served as director of the Old Vic Theater in London, was a consultant on theatrical architecture, and produced films and directed plays in the Soviet Union, England, Spain, India and the United States. ... He also translated scores of Russian poems, plays and short stories and wrote more than a dozen books and screenplays."[3]

References

  1. ^ The Proud Valley at IMDb
  2. ^ a b c Reade, Patrick (22 June 1999). "Obituary: Fredda Brilliant". The Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Herbert P. J. Marshall, Film Maker, Dies at 85." New York Times, 1 June, 1991. Print.
  4. ^ Tinker at IMDb


God and Texas

God and Texas
Written byRobert Ardrey
Original languageEnglish
SettingThe Alamo

God and Texas is a 1943 one-act play by Robert Ardrey.

God and Texas is a fiction play set during the Battle of the Alamo. In 1943 the play was one of five made available royalty free for members of the armed forces to produce with no special clearance or red tape.[1][2]

God and Texas has been published in several volumes. It was printed in full in the September, 1943 issue of Theatre Arts Magazine.[3] In 1944 it was collected in the volume The Best One-Act Plays of 1943.[4] In 2004 it was collected, with an introduction by Glenn Young, in the volume Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays.[5]

References

  1. ^ "To Let Service Men Use Plays." The New York Times, 23 August, 1943. Print.
  2. ^ "The World and the Theatre: Plays for Soldiers to Perform — Doing Drama's Immediate Job." Theatre Arts, September 1943. Print
  3. ^ Theatre Arts, September 1943. Print
  4. ^ Ardrey, Robert. God and Texas. In Mayorga, Margaret (ed.) The Best One-Act Plays of 1943. 9-28. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1944. Print.
  5. ^ Ardrey, Robert. God and Texas. in Young, Glenn (ed.). Let Freedom Ring: 7 Patriotic Plays. Milwaukee, WI: Performing, 2004. Print.

Sidney Howard Memorial Award

The Sidney Howard Memorial Prize was a short-lived but notable theater prize established in 1939.

Sidney Howard

Main article: Sidney Howard

Sidney Howard (1981-1989) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 for his play They Knew What They Wanted.[1] In 1932 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and he was nominated again in 1936 for Dodsworth, which he had adapted for the stage in 1934.[2] In 1940 he was awarded a posthumous Academy Award for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind.[3] During his career he wrote or adapted over seventy plays and eleven films.[4]

Sidney Howard was one of the founding members of the Playwrights' Producing Company.[5]

Howard died in 1939 at the age of forty-eight. He was working on his farm in Massachusetts when he was accidentally crushed to death by a tractor. Books Atkinson called the event "A Broadway calamity."[5] Following his tragic death his colleagues from the Playwrights' Company established the prize in his memory.

The Award

Literary Prizes and their Winners gives the following description of the prize:

In 1939 the five directors of the Playwrights' Company, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, and John F. Wharton, established the Sidney Howard Memorial Award of $1500. The prize ... is given annually to a new American playwright who, with no previous noteworthy success in the theater, has shown talent through the production of one or more of his plays in New York. The award is not designed to honor the "best play of the season," but to give support to a promising playwright."[6]

The inaugural prize was awarded to Robert Ardrey for his play Thunder Rock.[7]

Awardees

Cells left-aligned, table centered
Year Work Author Publisher
1940 Thunder Rock Robert Ardrey Dramatists
1945 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Random
1946 Born Yesterday Garson Kanin Viking
1946 Home of the Brave Arthur Laurents Random

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Berg, A. Scott. Goldwyn: A Biography. New York: Riverhead, 1998.
  3. ^ Oscar trivia
  4. ^ Sidney Howard at IMDb
  5. ^ a b Atkinson, Brooks. Broadway. New York: Atheneum, 1970. P. 268. Print.
  6. ^ Literary Prizes and their Winners. Qureshi Press. 15 March, 2007. P. 71. Print.
  7. ^ Anderson, Maxwell. Dramatist in America: Letters of Maxwell Anderson, 1912-1958. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Books, 2001. Print
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