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Howard Dixon Richardson (December 2, 1917 – December 30, 1984) was an American playwright, best known for the 1945 play ''Dark of the Moon''.〔(Encyclopedia of Alabama: William Berney )〕 Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Richardson graduated in 1938 from the University of North Carolina and then traveled through Europe (1938–39), returning to the University of North Carolina in 1940 for his M.A. From 1940 to 1942, he studied at the University of Iowa, where he wrote the play ''Barbara Allen'' (published in 1942), aka ''Night Song'', inspired by the Scottish-English folk song, "The Ballad of Barbara Allen". He served with the Army in 1943. ==Broadway== Richardson wrote ''Dark of the Moon'' with his cousin and frequent collaborator, William Berney. They were unsuccessful in an effort to get ''Dark of the Moon'' on Broadway until an article about a Boston production of ''Dark of the Moon'' in the September 11, 1944 issue of ''Life'' attracted the attention of Broadway producers. With Richard Hart and Carol Stone heading the cast, ''Dark of the Moon'' opened on Broadway March 14, 1945 and ran for 318 performances. In addition to two off-Broadway revivals, it became a perennial play with numerous college and high school productions in the decades that followed.〔 *(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = University of Iowa Libraries )〕 Richardson's other plays include ''Design for a Stained Glass Window,'' about religious persecution, and ''Protective Custody,'' which had a short-lived 1956 New York production starring Faye Emerson. 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「Howard Richardson (playwright)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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