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CONTENTS
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Charles S. Watson
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- P R E F A C E ix
- 1 Foote and Wharton, Texas 1
- 2 Formative Years and the Call of Acting 12
- 3 Finding a Vocation: From Acting to Writing 28
- 4 Texas Playwright on Broadway and Tennessee Williams 46
- 5 Return to Broadway: The Chase 61
- 6 The Golden Age of Television 70
- 7 The Trip to Bountiful: Three Versions 82
- 8 Christian Science 96
- 9 People and Themes 105
- 10 Country Music: The Traveling Lady, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, and Tender Mercies 124
- 11 Adaptations of Harper Lee, Faulkner, O’Connor, and Steinbeck 141
- 12 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 1 155
- 13 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 2 174
- 14 One-Acts of the 1980s: Disintegrating Homes and Displaced Persons 195
- 15 Greek Tragedy and Full-Length Plays across the Hudson 210
- 16 Amazing Climax: The Young Man from Atlanta 226
- Conclusion: The Achievement of Horton Foote 242
- CHRONOLOGY 248
- GENEALOGY 251
- NOTES 253
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 265
- INDEX 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- P R E F A C E ix
- 1 Foote and Wharton, Texas 1
- 2 Formative Years and the Call of Acting 12
- 3 Finding a Vocation: From Acting to Writing 28
- 4 Texas Playwright on Broadway and Tennessee Williams 46
- 5 Return to Broadway: The Chase 61
- 6 The Golden Age of Television 70
- 7 The Trip to Bountiful: Three Versions 82
- 8 Christian Science 96
- 9 People and Themes 105
- 10 Country Music: The Traveling Lady, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, and Tender Mercies 124
- 11 Adaptations of Harper Lee, Faulkner, O’Connor, and Steinbeck 141
- 12 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 1 155
- 13 The Orphans’ Home Cycle, Part 2 174
- 14 One-Acts of the 1980s: Disintegrating Homes and Displaced Persons 195
- 15 Greek Tragedy and Full-Length Plays across the Hudson 210
- 16 Amazing Climax: The Young Man from Atlanta 226
- Conclusion: The Achievement of Horton Foote 242
- CHRONOLOGY 248
- GENEALOGY 251
- NOTES 253
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 265
- INDEX 271
