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Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays. She is known for her intertwining comic and serious moments in her pieces. Her most famous play, ''Crimes of the Heart'' (1978), was her first produced professionally. It opened at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981 as well as the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle award for Best American Play. The play also earned Henley a nomination for a Tony Award, and her screenplay adaptation for the 1986 film of the same name was nominated for an Oscar as Best Adapted Screenplay. Henley adapted her 1984 play, ''The Miss Firecracker Contest'', into a 1989 film starring Holly Hunter entitled ''Miss Firecracker''. Henley's play ''Ridiculous Fraud'' was produced at the McCarter Theatre in 2006, and her play ''Family Week'' was produced at MCC Theater in 2010, directed by Jonathan Demme. ==Early life== Henley was born in 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi. She was one of four sisters born to Charles Boyce, an attorney, and Elizabeth Josephine Henley, an actress. Henley attended Murrah High School in Mississippi, followed by Southern Methodist University, where she was a member of the acting ensemble.〔Andreach, p. 9〕 While at college, Henley completed her first play, a one-act piece entitled ''Am I Blue''〔Andreach, p. ?〕 She graduated from Southern Methodist in 1974 with a BFA.〔 From 1975 to 1976, she taught playwriting at the University of Illinois (Urbana) and the Dallas Minority Repertory Theater.〔 In 1976 Henley moved to Los Angeles and began work on her play ''Crimes of the Heart''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Henley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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