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Carson Wilford Leach (August 26, 1929 – June 18, 1988) was an American theatre director, set designer, film director, screenwriter, and college professor. ==Biography== Born in Petersburg, Virginia,〔(Credits ) filmreference.com, accessed May 19, 2009〕 Leach was the artistic director of New York City's La MaMa experimental theatre company in the 1970s. He also often directed works and designed sets for Joseph Papp's Public Theater and New York Shakespeare Festival, where he first directed ''The Pirates of Penzance'' with Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, and Patricia Routledge in 1980.〔〔Barron, James.("Wilford Leach, Theater Director And Papp Associate, Dies at 59", )''The New York Times'', June 21, 1988〕 That same year he helmed a television production with the same cast, and in 1981 he staged the Broadway production, replacing the unavailable Routledge with Estelle Parsons, and winning his first Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. His association with ''Pirates'' continued with a 1983 feature film (with Angela Lansbury replacing Parsons), which he wrote and directed.〔〔(Biography, Universal Studios, January 5, 1983 ) ronstadt-linda.com, accessed May 19, 2009〕 Leach's additional theatre directing credits include two projects that originated at the Public and then transferred to Broadway, ''The Human Comedy'' (1984) and ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', for which he won his second Tony.〔(Tony Awards ) broadwayworld.com, accessed May 19, 2009〕 While a film and theater professor at Sarah Lawrence, where he taught since 1958,〔 Leach met students Brian De Palma and Cynthia Munroe. In collaboration with the two, he produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film ''The Wedding Party'', whose cast included newcomers Robert De Niro and Jill Clayburgh. He also directed ''All's Well That Ends Well'' (1978) with Frances Conroy for television〔Staff.(Biography ) allmovie.com, accessed May 19, 2009〕 and a straight-to-video version of ''Coriolanus'' (1979), with Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. The protagonist of Brian De Palma's film ''Phantom of the Paradise'' (1974), Winslow Leach, is named after Wilford Leach. Leach died in Rocky Point, New York.〔 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「Wilford Leach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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