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Alan Schneider
Born(1917-12-12)December 12, 1917
Kharkiv, Ukraine
DiedMay 3, 1984(1984-05-03) (aged 66)
London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationTheatre director

Alan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions. In 1984 he was honored with a Drama Desk Special Award for serving a wide range of playwrights. He directed the 1956 American premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Tiny Alice; the American première of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane, Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, as well as Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, The Collection, and a trilogy of Pinter's plays under the title Other Places (including One for the Road, Family Voices, and A Kind of Alaska); Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle; You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running; and Michael Weller's Moonchildren and Loose Ends.

Schneider also directed Samuel Beckett's only direct foray into the world of film, entitled Film. The short subject starred Buster Keaton and its direction is often misattributed to Samuel Beckett himself, notably during an exhibit at the Louvre in November 2006.[1] "Film" is a silent exploration of Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived).

One of a select group of non-actors awarded membership in The Actors Studio,[2] Schneider taught at Catholic University, City College of the City University of New York, The Juilliard School (where he was director of the theatre program), the University of California, Riverside, and the University of California, San Diego, whose library maintains an archive of his papers. He was associated with Arena Stage for 30 years. He was also the co-artistic director of The Acting Company. At the time of his death, he served as president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

  1. ^ Riding, Alan (15 October 2006). "NY Times". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Strasberg Takes Over: 1951-1955". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 93. ISBN 0-02-542650-8. Various directors and playwrights, including Frank Corsaro, Martin Fried, Jack Garfein, Michal V. Gazzo, Charles Gordone, Israel Horovitz, Arthur Penn, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Sidney Pollack, Mark Rydell, Alan Schneider, and John Stix, have also been granted membership on the basis of their contributions to the life and work of The Actors Studio, as have certain other non-performers, such as Liska March and Carl Schaeffer.

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Waiting for Godot

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Christine Lahti

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Melinda Dillon

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Schneider Trophy

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d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, also known as the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or (incorrectly) the Schneider Cup is a trophy that was awarded...

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Frank Perry

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Sydney Pollack

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Eh Joe

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production of Eh Joe was directed by frequent Beckett collaborator Alan Schneider, produced by Glenn Jordan and broadcast by PBS WNDT on 18 April 1966...

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Lynne Lipton

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the classic La Strada, choreographed by Alvin Ailey and directed by Alan Schneider. It lasted one performance. Her Broadway credits include the original...

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Curt Conway

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supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, Alan Schneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett...

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Lonelyhearts

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the Music Box Theatre on October 3, 1957. The production, directed by Alan Schneider and designed by Jo Mielziner, ran for twelve performances. List of American...

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Henry Winkler

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into rehearsals, director Alan Schneider fired him as Winkler had been hired to fill the space until the actor that Schneider really wanted was available...

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DNA on DNA

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Wright – bass guitar Chris Flam – mastering Jason Gross – production Alan Schneider – production Christgau, Robert. "DNA: DNA on DNA". Robert Christgau...

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Act Without Words II

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Beckett wrote to Thomas MacGreevy: "I have never had such good notices." Alan Schneider believed the problem was that "[c]ritics can't seem to comment on what's...

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Miss Lonelyhearts

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the Music Box Theatre on October 3, 1957, in a production directed by Alan Schneider and designed by Jo Mielziner and Patricia Zipprodt. It starred Pat O'Brien...

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Buster Keaton

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played the central role in Samuel Beckett's Film (1965), directed by Alan Schneider. In 1965 he appeared on the CBS television special A Salute to Stan...

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Ohio Impromptu

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ready. It was first performed on 9 May 1981 at the Stadium II Theater; Alan Schneider directed with David Warrilow as "Reader" and Rand Mitchell as "Listener"...

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The Garden of Martyrs

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Rhodes. Principal performers included William Hite as Father Cheverus, Alan Schneider as Dominic Daley, Keith Phares as James Halligan, Amy Johnson as Finola...

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Samuel Beckett

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in No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider (ed. Maurice Harmon, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998), 442–443...

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