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1) Barton Fink
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A trendy playwright is trying to write a simple movie script, but to his misfortune has a bit of writer's block.
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With six groundbreaking decades in the theatre, four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally is a living legend, on stage and off. He launched the careers of some of Broadway's biggest stars, has been a pioneer in the fight for LGBTQ rights, triumphed over addiction, found love and inspiration at every age, and continually shows the power of art to transform society.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Jason and Phoebe meet on his wedding day while he's stark naked. He thinks she's the masseuse. She thinks he's crazy. Phoebe was sent by Jason's agent to replace his now departed playwriting partner. And she does, through 15 years of hits and flops, through marriages and divorces, through the birth of two children, through everything two people can share without sharing each other's love.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a Tennessee state of mind -- a realm of places, personalities and ideas. Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his latter-day writing quarters in Key West. Also dramatizations...
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
John Wilmot, a 17th century poet, is the Earl of Rochester and from the beginning he treats his wife cruelly, drinks to relentless excess, abuses his friendships, and generally wallows in dissipation, much to the dismay of King Charles II. The king hopes that Rochester will write a play glorifying his reign. But Rochester finds his true inspiration when he sees a young actress named Lizzie Barry. Rochester sets out to make her the greatest actress...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Aspiring playwright Louis Ives moves to New York, taking an environmental job with a beautiful, infatuating co-worker. Louis rents a room from an eccentric former playwright who moonlights as an 'extra man, ' a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of comic adventures.
Publisher
Cinema Epoch
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Russian playwright Anton Chekhov is ill with tuberculosis and is cared for by his sister Maria with whom he lives in Yalta. He is desperately struggling to complete his play 'The Cherry Orchard'. With Maria's help, he is able to continue writing, but when Maria discovers that he has secretly married the Moscow Art Theatre actress, Olga Knipper, she feels betrayed and schemes to prevent him from returning to Moscow. When Chekhov discovers how manipulative...
Publisher
CineDog Internationale
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Peter, a successful playwriter, has hit a stagnate point in his life. On the other side of his fence is the neighbor's howling, nasty, four-legged mutt. His wife wants a child and when new neighbor's move in with a child, Peter's wife becomes attached to her. Peter finds that he better learn this kids lingo in order to keep up with the times for his writing.
12) Humor me
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A once-acclaimed New York playwright, Nate is struggling to finish a play when his wife leaves him, taking their son. Desolate, broke and unable to pay the rent, Nate begrudgingly moves in with his widowed father, Bob, in his New Jersey retirement golf community. Nate stumbles on a senior citizen theater troupe staging a musical and agrees to help, but quickly realizes it will not be easy to get these quirky women to cooperate.
13) The Arbor
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Andrea Dunbar was an unflinchingly honest playwright who wrote about her distressing upbringing on the Arbor, the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford, U.K. She died tragically in 1990 at the age of 29. This documentary follows her children as they begin to understand the struggles their mother faced. This film comprises personal letters, interviews with Andrea's family and friends, and a reading of her most celebrated play.
15) Wilde
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.
16) Will Shakespeare
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Begins with Shakespeare's youthful obscurity in Avon. As he struggles to survive as a playwright, he faces multiple hardships, but defeats all obstacles to achieve unprecedented success in London.
18) Bill
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary with this hilarious comedy about the playwright's mysterious lost years. Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. When his bandmates kick him out of their group, Bill leaves his wife and kids behind to seek fame and fortune in the big city of London. He's written a great work for the stage and he's certain he'll prove all his doubters wrong.
Publisher
Maya International Vision
Pub. Date
2004, 2003.
Language
English
Description
This four-part series explores the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Mixing travel, adventure, interviews, documentary, and live action sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company, it presents a biography of one Elizabethan: his life, family and friendships, triumphs and disasters, loves and his losses. Viewers see how Shakespeare's life and work were shaped by his times, how he created some of the greatest literature in the world,...