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John Ford Noonan is an American playwright. He has also written for theater, film and television, and he is an actor.〔Spencer, Stuart. ''John Ford Noonan''. Bomb Magazine. Issue 28. Summer 1989. ()〕 He was born in 1943 in Greenwich, Connecticut.〔Arkatov, Janice. ''A Catcher of the Wry : John Ford Noonan is still fielding emotions to help him develop insight into characters that populate his plays''. The Los Angeles Times. 19 March 1989. ()〕〔Noonan, John Ford. ''Some Men Need Help''. Samuel French, Inc. 1983〕 His father worked as a jazz musician. He has four children.〔Noonan, John Ford. ''Music from Down the Hill: A Comic Drama in Two Acts''. Samuel French, Inc. 1995〕 His brother, Tom Noonan, is an actor and writer.〔(Film Reference website. Tom Noonan )〕 == Author == In 1969, his highly acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production, ''The Year Boston Won the Pennant'', won an Obie Award, and garnered a Theatre World Award nomination and a Pulitzer Prize nomination.〔Young, Glen, ed. ''The Best American Short Plays 1998-1999''. Applause Theatre Book Publisher. 2001. page 157 ()〕〔Guernsey, Otis. ''Curtain Times: The New York Theatre, 1965-1987''. Applause Theatre Books. 1987. page 135 ()〕 In the 1970s several of his plays were produced by Joseph Papp at The Public Theatre, including ''Older People'', which won a Drama Desk Award; ''Rainbows For Sale'', which won an Obie Award; ''Where Do We Go From Here?''; ''Getting Through The Night'' and ''All the Sad Protestants''.〔Noonan, John Ford. ''All She Cares About is the Yankees''. From the introduction by Samuel French, Inc. ()〕〔(Doollee . com website )〕〔Hischak, Thomas S. ''American Theatre : A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000''. Oxford University Press. 2001. page 47. ()〕 ''The Club Champion’s Widow'', starring Maureen Stapleton, was produced at the Robert Lewis Acting Company. ''A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking'' was produced at the Astor Place Theatre in New York, it starred Susan Sarandon and Eileen Brennan and ran for more than 800 performances.〔Rich, Frank. ''Stage: ‘White Chicks’; Transplanted Texan''. New York Times. 2 May 1980.〕〔Noonan, John Ford. ''Music from Down the Hill: A Comic Drama in Two Acts''. Samuel French, Inc. 1995〕 His play, ''Some Men Need Help'', was originally produced in New York City at the 47th Street Theatre; it starred Philip Bosco and Treat Williams.〔Rich, Frank. ''Theater: ‘Some Men,’ a Story of Alcoholism''. New York Times. 29 October 1982.〕 ''Stay Away a Little Closer'' starring the author's daughter, Jesse Sage Noonan, and ''When It Comes Early'' starring Harris Yulin and Kathleen Chalfant were both produced at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City.〔Nemy, Enid. ''On Stage''. ''The New York Times''. 15 June 1990〕〔Marks, Peter. ''Making It to Dartmought With That Old Moxie''. New York Times. 7 June 1997.〕 Noonan has written over 35 plays and was inducted into the French Society of Composers and Authors in 1989.〔Young, Glen, ed. ''The Best American Short Plays 1998-1999''. Applause Theatre Book Publisher. 2001. page 157 ()〕 He has written for TV’s ''Comedy Zone'' in the early 1980s and ''St. Elsewhere'', for which his episode, ''The Women'', won the 1982 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. His second Emmy nomination was for his TV adaptation of his play ''Some Men Need Help''.〔Noonan, John Ford. ''Music from Down the Hill: A Comic Drama in Two Acts''. Samuel French, Inc. 1995〕 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「John Ford Noonan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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