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John Gregory Strand is a contemporary American playwright. [1] At times he has published under the name "J.G. Strand". Among his plays are Lincolnesque, [2] [3] [4] Three Nights in Tehran, [5] The Diaries, [6] Otabenga, [7] [8] and The Originalist . [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Tom Walker is an adaption of The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving. [18] [19] [20] [21] He has also written a number of English-language adaptions of plays written in French: among these are Lovers and Executioners (Antoine Jacob de Montfleury's La Femme Juge et Partie); [22] [23] [24] The Miser (Molière); [25] Lorenzaccio (Alfred de Musset); [26] Hat! (Eugène Labiche's Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie ); [27] [28] and Hernani (Victor Hugo). [29] In 1985 he launched (along with Kathy Acker, Eduard Limonov, and Bernard-Henri Lévy) a Paris-based literary magazine called Paris Exiles. [30] [31] A novel, Commieland, appeared in 2013. [32]

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  1. ↑ "John Gregory Strand" . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "John Strand's Political Comedy 'Lincolnesque'". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Strand, John (2008). Lincolnesque. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   9780881453355 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Smith, Ryder. "Lincolnesque by John Strand" . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Strand, John (2010). Three Nights in Tehran. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   9780881454314 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Strand, John. The Diaries. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN   1583422323 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Strand, John (2008). Otabenga. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   978-0881454031 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Sommers, Pamela (20 November 1994). "ONSTAGE, THE SELLING OF OTABENGA". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Strand, John (15 March 2019). The Originalist. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN   978-0822239840 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Lat, David (2015). "ATL Theater Review: The Originalist". Above the Law (ATL) . Breaking Media . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Liptak, Adam. "The Originalist, a New Play About Justice Antonin Scalia by John Strand". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  12. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (6 March 2017). ""Arena Stage's The Originalist Will Air on PBS' Theater Close-Up"". Playbill . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  13. ↑ Thompson, Zac. "The Originalist, a Play About Justice Antonin Scalia, Shows Sympathy for the Devil". The Village Voice .
  14. ↑ Collins-Hughes, Laura (30 July 2018). "After the Play, a Supreme Encore From Ruth Bader Ginsburg". The New York Times . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Rosen, Jeffrey; Epps, Garrett (27 March 2015). "In The Originalist, Theater Tries to Interpret Antonin Scalia". The Atlantic . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  16. ↑ Pressley, Nelson (20 March 2015). "Scalia and the Intern, Punching from Right and Left in The Originalist". The Washington Post . Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Hsiao, Irene (21 May 2018). "Unoriginal Originalist: A Review of The Originalist at Court Theatre". Newcity Stage.
  18. ↑ Strand, John. Tom Walker. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN   9781583421239 . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  19. ↑ Pressley, Nelson (5 February 2001). "Starting from Scratch:'Tom Walker', Dealing with the Devil". The Washington Post . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  20. ↑ Mangravite, Ronald (29 August 2002). "Tom Walker". Miami New Times . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  21. ↑ Boehm, Mike (29 April 2001). "An Important Door Opens". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  22. ↑ Strand, John (1999). Lovers and Executioners. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN   0871299100 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  23. ↑ The Providence Players of Fairfax: PPF Lovers and Executioners Promo Video I on YouTube
  24. ↑ The Providence Players of Fairfax: PPF Lovers and Executioners Promo Video II on YouTube
  25. ↑ "The Miser".
  26. ↑ Strand, John (2007). Lorenzaccio. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   9780881453270 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  27. ↑ Strand, John (2011). Hat!. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   978-0881454666 . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  28. ↑ McCarthy, Dennis; Strand, John. Hat! - A Vaudeville . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  29. ↑ Strand, John (2013). Hernani. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN   978-0881455236 . Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  30. ↑ Hellier, Odile (26 September 2024). "An Expat's Homebase" . Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  31. ↑ Venant, Elizabeth (21 September 1986). "THE THIRD WAVE". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  32. ↑ Strand, John (2013). Commieland. Kiwai Media. ISBN   1937247058.


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