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Anderson, Robert Woodruff was born on April 28, 1917 in New York City. Son of James Hewston and Myra Esther (Grigg) Anderson.
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Sand and Pebbles presents the first complete English rendering of Shasekishu--the classic, popular Buddhist "Tale Literature" (setsuwa). This collection of instructive, yet often humorous, anecdotes appeared in the late thirteenth century, within decades of the first stirrings of the revolutionary movements of Kamakura Buddhism. Shasekishu's author, Muju Ichien (1226-1312), lived in a rural temple apart from the centers of political and literary activity, and his stories reflect the customs, attitudes and lifestyles of the commoners. In Sand and Pebbles, complete translations of Book One and other significant narrative parts are supplemented by summaries of the remaining (especially didactic) material and by excerpts from Muju's later work. Introduced by a historical sketch of the period, this work also contains a biography of Muju. Illustrations, charts, a chronology, glossary of terms, notes, an extensive bibliography and an index guide the reader into a seldom seen corner of old Japan. Muju and his writings will interest students of literature as well as scholars of Japanese religion, especially Buddhism. Anthropologists and sociologists will discover details of Kamakura life and thought unrecorded in the official chronicles of the age.
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Anderson, Robert Woodruff was born on April 28, 1917 in New York City. Son of James Hewston and Myra Esther (Grigg) Anderson.
He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, which he later said he found a lonely experience. Anderson also attended Harvard University, where he took an undergraduate as well as a master"s degree.
While there he fell in love with an older woman, an event which later became the basis of the plot of Tea and Sympathy. He may be best-remembered as the author of Tea and Sympathy. The play made its Broadway debut in 1953 and was made into an Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in 1956.
Both starred Deborah Kerr and John Kerr.
You Know I Can"t Hear You When the Water"s Running, a collection of four one-act comedies, opened in New York in 1967 and ran for more than 700 performances. His other successful Broadway plays were and
He also wrote the screenplays for Until They Sail (1957), The Nun"s Story (1959), and The Sand Pebbles (1966). He was Oscar-nominated for The Nun"s Story as well as his 1970 screen adaptation of I Never Sang for My Father.
He also authored many television scripts, including the television play, and the novels After (1973) and Getting Up and Going Home (1978).
He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. Anderson was married to Phyllis Stohl from 1940 until her death in 1956 and to actress Teresa Wright from 1959 until their divorce in 1978. Anderson died of pneumonia on February 9, 2009 at his home in Manhattan, aged 91.
He had been suffering from Alzheimer"s disease for seven years prior to his death.
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(Drama, Plays, Theatre, Literature, Reading, Learning)
(Drama, Plays, Theatre, Literature, Reading, Learning)
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Writer: (plays) Come Marching Home, 1946, Love Revisited, 1951, Tea and Sympathy, 1953, All Summer Long, 1955, Silent Night, Lonely Night, 1959, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, 1967, I Never Sang for My Father, 1968, Solitaire/Double Solitaire, 1971, Absolute Strangers, 1991, The Last Act Is A Solo (Ace award 1991), 1991. Screenwriter: (films) Tea and Sympathy, 1956, Until They Sail, 1957, The Nun's Story, 1959, The Days Between, 1965, The Sand Pebbles, 1966, I Never Sang for My Father, 1970 (Writers Guild American award for best screenplay), Free and Clear, 1983, The Kissing Was Always the Best, 1985. (television drama) The Patricia Neal Story, 1979, Absolute Strangers, 1991.
(novels) After, 1973, Getting Up and Going Home, 1978. Co-editor: (six volunteer set) Elements of Literature, 1988.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Dramatists Guild Council (past president), New Dramatists Committee (past president), Harvard Club (New York City).
Married Phyllis Stohl, June 24, 1940 (deceased 1956). Married Teresa Wright, December 11, 1959 (divorced 1978).