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Alan Schneider
Born
(1917-12-12)December 12, 1917
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died
May 3, 1984(1984-05-03) (aged 66)
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation
Theatre 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).
^Riding, Alan (15 October 2006). "NY Times". The New York Times.
^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.
AlanSchneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions. In 1984 he was honored...
Letter to AlanSchneider, 27 December 1955 in Harmon, M., (Ed.) No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and AlanSchneider (Cambridge:...
performance as Sonya in a 1961 student production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, AlanSchneider wrote: What distinguished and made the whole attempt worthwhile for...
role shown Year Title Role Director(s) Venue 1980 Loose Ends Susan AlanSchneider Circle in the Square Theatre 1980 Division Street Dianah Tom Moore Ambassador...
d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider, also known as the Schneider Trophy, Schneider Prize or (incorrectly) the Schneider Cup is a trophy that was awarded...
Arthur Penn, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Sidney Pollack, Mark Rydell, AlanSchneider, and John Stix, have also been granted membership on the basis of their...
Arthur Penn, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Sidney Pollack, Mark Rydell, AlanSchneider, and John Stix, have also been granted membership on the basis of their...
into rehearsals, director AlanSchneider fired him as Winkler had been hired to fill the space until the actor that Schneider really wanted was available...
the classic La Strada, choreographed by Alvin Ailey and directed by AlanSchneider. It lasted one performance. Her Broadway credits include the original...
production of Eh Joe was directed by frequent Beckett collaborator AlanSchneider, produced by Glenn Jordan and broadcast by PBS WNDT on 18 April 1966...
supplied some of the school's participating directors, namely Martin Ritt, AlanSchneider, and Joseph Anthony; also participating were Horton Foote and Everett...
the Music Box Theatre on October 3, 1957. The production, directed by AlanSchneider and designed by Jo Mielziner, ran for twelve performances. List of American...
Wright – bass guitar Chris Flam – mastering Jason Gross – production AlanSchneider – production Christgau, Robert. "DNA: DNA on DNA". Robert Christgau...
played the central role in Samuel Beckett's Film (1965), directed by AlanSchneider. In 1965 he appeared on the CBS television special A Salute to Stan...
Beckett wrote to Thomas MacGreevy: "I have never had such good notices." AlanSchneider believed the problem was that "[c]ritics can't seem to comment on what's...
the Music Box Theatre on October 3, 1957, in a production directed by AlanSchneider and designed by Jo Mielziner and Patricia Zipprodt. It starred Pat O'Brien...
ready. It was first performed on 9 May 1981 at the Stadium II Theater; AlanSchneider directed with David Warrilow as "Reader" and Rand Mitchell as "Listener"...
on May 22, 1965 after 8 previews and 167 performances. Directed by AlanSchneider, the cast featured John Gielgud as Julian, Irene Worth as Miss Alice...
in No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and AlanSchneider (ed. Maurice Harmon, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998), 442–443...
Arthur Penn, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Sidney Pollack, Mark Rydell, AlanSchneider, and John Stix, have been granted membership on the basis of their contributions...
for stage roles, and studied with Sanford Meisner, Philip Burton, and AlanSchneider. Grizzard's stage debut was as in the role of Miner in The Corn Is Green...
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