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(1923-2006) Critic. Richard Gilman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923, and died in Kusatsu, Japan in 2006. He was a drama and literary critic for Newsweek.

Full Name

Richard Martin Gilman

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1923

BIRTH

Richard Gilman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923, and grew up there.

1941

OTHER

Gilman graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1941.

1950

RESIDENCE

Gilman lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York during the 1950s.

1964

OTHER

Gilman held the position of drama critic for Newsweek from 1964 to 1967.

1967

RESIDENCE

Gilman lived in New York City for many years while teaching at Yale School of Drama from 1967 to 1988.

1970

LITWORK

"The Confusion of Realms"


A collection of essays.

1971

LITWORK

"Common and Uncommon Masks"

1974

LITWORK

"The Making of Modern Drama"
Yale University Press

1979

LITWORK

"Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet"

1987

LITWORK

"Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir"

1996

LITWORK

"Chekhov's Plays"
Yale University Press

Winner of the Choice 1996 Outstanding Academic Book Award.

2005

LITWORK

"The Drama is Coming Now: The Theater Criticism of Richard Gilman, 1961-1991
Yale University Press

A collection of his essays.

2006

DEATH

Richard Gilman died in Kusatsu, Japan in 2006.

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