Composers and their stage works 

Ronald (Burt) Ribman

Born in New York City, May 28, 1932. Educated at Brooklyn College, New York, 1950-51; University of Pittsburgh, B.B.A. 1954, MLitt. 1958, Ph.D. 1962. Served in the United States Army, 1954-56. Married Alice Rosen in 1967; one son and one daughter. Assistant professor of English, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, 1962-63. Recipient: Obie award, 1966; Rockefeller grant, 1966, 1968, 1975; Guggenheim fellowship, 1970; Straw Hat award, 1973; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1974, fellowship, 1986-87; Creative Artists Public Service grant, 1976; Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner award, 1977; Playwrights U.S.A. award, 1984; Kennedy Center New American Play grant, 1991.

Stage Works

  1. Harry, Noon and Night (produced 1965)
  2. The Journey of the Fifth Horse, based in part on "The Diary of a Superfluous Man" by Turgenev (produced 1966)
  3. The Final War of Olly Winter (televised 1967)
  4. The Ceremony of Innocence (produced 1967). 1968.
  5. Passing Through from Exotic Places (produced 1969). 1970
  6. The Most Beautiful Fish (televised 1969)
  7. The Son Who Hunted Tigers in Jakarta (produced 1989)
  8. Fingernails Blue as Flowers (produced 1971)
  9. A Break in the Skin (produced 1972).
  10. The Poison Tree (produced 1973; revised version produced 1975). 1977.
  11. Cold Storage (produced 1977). 1976.
  12. Buck (produced 1983). 1983.
  13. Sweet Table at the Richelieu (produced 1987)
  14. The Cannibal Masque (produced 1987).
  15. A Serpent's Egg (produced 1987).
  16. The Rug Merchants of Chaos (produced 1991)

SCREENPLAY:

TELEVISION PLAYS:

  1. The Final War of Olly Winter, 1967;
  2. The Most Beautiful Fish, 1969;
  3. Seize the Day, from the novella by Saul Bellow, 1985;
  4. The Sunset Gang series (includes Yiddish, The Detective, Home), from the short stories by Warren Adler, 1991.

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