Tom Topor
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| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Vienna, Austria |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | theatre, film, fiction |
Tom Topor (born 1938) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Topor was born in Vienna, Austria, and he was brought to London in 1939, where he remained until he came to New York City in 1949.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College in 1961.
Topor is the author of the 1979 play
Topor's works tend to involve courtroom drama, psychological drama, docudrama, melodrama, social problems, crime, and/or issues of sexual abuse.
His career as a playwright began in 1969 with a series of one-act plays staged
Topor's other plays include Answers, Romance: Here to Stay, But Not for Me, Coda (L'Orchestre des ombres in French), Up the Hill, and The Playpen. His other novels include Tightrope Minor and Bloodstar. His additional screenplays and teleplays include Word of Honor (co-writer) and Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (from the book by Lawrence Schiller).
Notes
- ^ Roberts, Stanley, ed. The Best Short Plays (1972). p. 391.
- ^ Tom Topor at AllMovie
- ^ "Nuts." In The Films of Barbra Streisand, by Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson. Citadel Press, 2001. p. 174.
External links
- Tom Topor at IMDb
- Tom Topor at the Internet Broadway Database
- Tom Topor in The Great American Playwrights on the Screen, by Jerry Roberts. (2003)
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