Beth Henley
Beth Henley
Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henleyis an award-winning American playwright, screen writer, and actress. Her play, Crimes of the Heart won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a nomination for a Tony Award. Her screenplay for Crimes of the Heart was nominated for an Oscar as Best Adapted Screenplay...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth8 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
dream writing creating
And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it themselves.
couple writing play
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays
smart character writing
But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn't a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don't have to be very smart.
christmas writing school
The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.
control rehearsals utterly
When we were doing Control Freaks, it was all about being out of control in rehearsals and then doing a play that is so utterly controlled.
thinking people world
I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk anymore.
new-york fun too-much
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.
play faults too-short
My fault now is making my plays too short.
people mind genius
There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, "Hello, how do you do?" because their minds are absorbed with electronic images.
theatre raises
I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money
lying class movement
In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class
character emotional interesting
It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble
firsts shows productions
I'm very into the first production of the show
play firsts lucky
My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.