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 Wendy Wasserstein Quotes
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 Wendy Wasserstein ( 1950-10-18 – 2006-01-30 ) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. Unsourced I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation. If... 
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Wendy Wasserstein (October 18 1950 – January 30 2006) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She was the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for...
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 The Washington Post Wendy Wasserstein
12/17/1995: 952 words, approx. 3 pages "WHAT'S A nice Jewish girl like me doing in a Christmas piece like this?" says Wendy Wasserstein, turning her well-tuned antenna momentarily on herself. Her wit can be fiendish, but one soon realizes that her sharpest ridicule is for herself. She has a ringing... summary from source:
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) Playwright Wendy Wasserstein dies at 55
01/31/2006: 1,051 words, approx. 4 pages CHRISTINE DOLEN, KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-31-2006 Playwright Wendy Wasserstein dies at 55 -- Eloquent voice for a generation of American women By CHRISTINE DOLEN, KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE Date: 01-31-2006, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions ... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Alan Cumming to Play Dianne Wiest's Lover in Seagull
1/3/2008: 270 words, approx. 1 pagesTony Award winner Alan Cumming will play Trigorin, the lover to Dianne Wiest's magnetic actress, Arkadina, in Anton Chekhov's 1896 play, The Seagull, at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street). It is to be directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev, artistic director of the Moscow New... summary from source:
AP News Obituaries in the news
6/20/2007: 1,086 words, approx. 4 pagesRichard BellTORONTO (AP) _ Richard Bell, a songwriter and keyboardist who played with Janis Joplin, has died. He was 61.Bell died Friday of multiple myeloma at a Toronto hospital, according to his promotions company in Nashville, Tenn.His resume included stints with some of rock 'n'...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jan Balakian
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In the following essay, Balakian traces the evolution of Wasserstein's feminist dramaturgy from Uncommon Women and Others through An American Daughter, highlighting the cultural confusion regarding contemporary women's roles that informs the characterizations of each play's respective protagonists.
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Critical Essay by Stephen J. Whitfield
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In the following essay, Whitfield investigates the thematic significance of Jewish identity in Wasserstein's major plays, comparing the verisimilitude of their autobiographical dimension with the collective experience of Jewish-Americans.
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Interview by Wendy Wasserstein and Esther Cohen
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In the following interview, originally conducted in August 1987, Wasserstein discusses the impetus behind her career, the inspirations for her comedy, the importance of humor in her dramas, and the gendered differences of her critical reception and popular appeal.
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