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Biography

Name: Marsha Norman
Variant Name: Marsha Williams Norman, Marsha Williams
Birth Date: September 21, 1947
Nationality: American
Gender: Female

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Biography of Marsha Norman
9,570 words, approx. 32 pages
Marsha Norman's first published essay, "Why Do Good Men Suffer"" (1964), written while she was in high school, was awarded first place in a local writing contest and subsequently published in the Kentucky English Bulletin. This early essay about Job...


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Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Marsha Norman Information
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Marsha Norman (b. September 21, 1947[1]) is an American playwright, screenwriter, television writer and novelist. She won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She also wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The...


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The Washington Post
Clouded Crystal Ball ;`The Fortune Teller': Marsha Norman's Disappointing First Novel
06/10/1987: 793 words, approx. 3 pages
THE FORTUNE TELLER By Marsha Norman Random House. 387 pp. $18.95 Four years ago Marsha Norman was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her play "'night, Mother." Now, with good intentions but considerably less successful results, she has turned her hand to...
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Marsha Leon
01/26/1996: 802 words, approx. 3 pages
Leonard Fein Forward 01-26-1996 MARSHA LEON. When I spotted a photo of Tom's Restaurant at 112th Street and Broadway in the Jan. 18 New York Times as having been used as the facade in the hit sitcom "Seinfeld," the proverbial bell went...
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The New York Observer
March 30, \'d0 April 6, 2005
4/3/2005: 2,219 words, approx. 7 pages
Wednesday 30thMy goodness, my Guinness! Some lessons learned this week: We've given up on taking the subway, at least when it's raining ( Moby-Dick or no Moby-Dick, the delays get our rage on); keeping a scale in the apartment does not inspire; other people actually...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Sally Burke
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In the following essay, Burke examines the influence of playwright Lillian Hellman on Norman's body of work.
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Critical Essay by Leslie Kane
8,385 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Kane offers a critical reading of several of Norman's plays, drawing focus to Norman's recurrent themes of mother-daughter conflict, the struggle for personal autonomy, and the quest for a sense of self.
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Critical Essay by Jenny S. Spencer
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In the essay below, Spencer examines issues related to "feminine identity and female autonomy" in Getting Out, The Laundromat, and 'night, Mother.
 


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