Frank Muir
English comedy scriptwriter and radio personality (1920-1998)
Christopher Ferdinand Durangwas an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s.
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About the Christopher Durang
Christopher Ferdinand Durangwas an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s.
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You was Durang’s watershed play as it brought him to national prominence when it won him the Obie Award for Best Playwright (1980). His play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin, and featured Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Billy Magnussen, Shalita Grant and Genevieve Angelson. Durang was a past co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard.
10 Quotes by Christopher Durang
- 1.
On the one hand, I’m grateful to be hired and thrilled to be paid.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
- 2.
When my parents separated, I was very grateful.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
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Laughter can bring a new perspective.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
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I didn’t have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
- 5.
I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
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Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
- 7.
Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
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Since it’s based on my parents, it’s more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
- 9.
My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don’t think that they actually got to know one another deeply.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)
- 10.
My parents didn’t really know one another.
Christopher DurangAmerican playwright (1949-2024)