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JCO Miscellany: Four

Posted in Books, Drama, Joyce Carol Oates, Novels, tagged , , , , on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A Hollywood film based on Joyce Carol Oates’s novella Rape: A Love Story is scheduled to begin shooting in June. The film will star Samuel L. Jackson, Maria Bello, and Abigail Breslin; be written by John Mankiewicz, and directed by Harold Becker (who directed George C. Scott, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise in “Taps”; and Al [...]

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Wild Nights at McCarter!

Posted in Books, Drama, Joyce Carol Oates, Novels, Short Stories, tagged , , on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Princeton’s McCarter Theatre presented readings yesterday of two new one-act plays by Joyce Carol Oates: Wild Nights, about a couple who purchase an android Emily Dickinson to liven up their lives; and Grandpa Clemens & Angelfish 1906, involving Mark Twain and a group of young schoolgirls. Both plays were adapted from recent stories published in the [...]

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JCO on the Fringe

Posted in Awards, Books, Drama, Horror, Joyce Carol Oates, Novels, Short Stories on June 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Two Joyce Carol Oates-related events will be presented at The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) in August:
The first is a play based on  JCO’s novel Zombie. The play is adapted and performed by Bill Connington, who notes that “by the end of the play … you might feel some empathy for a man who [...]

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