Horton Foote - American's Storyteller

by Hampton, Wilborn

• ISBN13: 9781423496854
• ISBN10: 142349685X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-15
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

From his film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, which received an Oscar, his drama The Trip to Bountiful, and his screenplay of Tender Mercies to his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Young Man from Atlanta, and his complete nine-play opus, The Orphans' Home Cycle, Foote's work has touched millions. He has long been regarded by other playwrights and screenwriters, actors, and cognoscenti of the theater and cinema as America's storyteller; critics compare him to William Faulkner and Anton Chekhov. Yet Horton Foote's compelling character and rich life remain largely unknown to the general public. His is the story of an artist who refused to compromise his talents for the sake of fame or money or opportunity - who insisted on writing what he regarded as truth, even when for many years almost no one would listen. In the first comprehensive biography of this remarkable writer, Wilborn Hampton introduces Foote to the countless Americans who have admired his work. Hampton, a theater critic for the New York Times, offers a colorful, compulsively readable account of a life and career that spanned seven decades.

Author Biography

Wilborn Hampton is a theater critic for the New York Times. Over the past twenty years, he has reviewed more than 500 stage productions. A former foreign correspondent, he has published several award-winning young adult nonfiction books and biographies. Hampton lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Wharton: Front Porches and Kitchen Tables	p. 1
Pasadena: The Actor Prepares	p. 21
Greenwich Village: Auditions	p. 39
New York: The Writer Emerges	p. 57
Lillian	p. 83
Golden Age of Television	p. 109
Adaptations	p. 123
Oscar and Disappointment	p. 139
New Hampshire Exile	p. 159
Old Letters and Faded Photographs	p. 173
The Orphans' Home Cycle and Tender Mercies	p. 185
Waxahachie: Family Reunion	p. 203
Grief and Carrying On	p. 223
New Plays and New Audiences	p. 239
American Storyteller	p. 253
Acknowledgments	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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