European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 19 red Granny Chris dances after getting oiled in Augsburg the 1980 a special Story and photo by Marty Davis entertainment editor for Norman 1980 was a very special he turned received five awards and celebrated his Golden anniversary in theatrical but he did so in a unique Holland wrote yet another a simple statement until you realize that the drama gives him a play for each year of his life plus the honors that made the year even More special for this English born writer were four awards for his one act play about Oscar More lives than one and an award for years of the the world premiere of his play to meet Oscar Wilde in bad Homburg Englisch Kirche was still another Feather in his the which has Only been performed by the cast six will be presented in the Span Dahlem a rec Center at throughout his 50 writing years his plays have earned 26 playwriting Twenty eight plays have been on 10 televised and 12 have been included in the Best one act plays series of Britain and the United i really had no intentions of being a writer but was a serious Boxer said the 6foot Well built i had 38 fights and never lost winning 26 of them with my idol was Gene forced to fight for a living after his father he decided that there had to be an easier during my fathers i sat up with him for hours on 1 think that helped me to become an but i used these late hours to and wrote my first play shortly after he i had just turned using his skills As a he went to work at Unilever As a press officer staying with them for 25 during those he especially when insomnia plagued one of the first plays he wrote included a walk he took As a Young crossing Ireland from Dublin to about a 300kilometer later one of the first plays he the High Back included this walk and was the Best one act play of it was also included in the 1968 Edinborough festival by a according to the at that particular was being done in new asked Why haunt he submitted it in the Holland i knew the deadline was past and figured i had no Chance by but As Fate would have he happened to be in Edinborough shortly thereafter and with a copy of the he saw a sign for the festival offices and decided to give it a the officials assured him that it was too late to have the what s compiled by Marty Davit a Parade of american music highlights happenings this week As military Heaters offer a variety of 6 the Pir Masens performing Vrlik i Hon arts Center presents the Belle of based on the life of Emily 27 28 and March 6 Call Pir Masens military 6510 for Augsburg Community theater presents the the 2628 and March 57 in the theater bldg 33 at Reese for reservations Call Augsburg military the american theater in Wiesbaden is still auditioning for the a Zany musical by Gilbert and needed Are orchestra and if interested Call Wiesbaden military the Mainz military Community presents lets do a High stepping musical tribute to one of americas greatest songwriters Cole performances Are at Mccully rec Center 22 24 and Lee rec Center Call Mainz military 7181 for ate q h sure is Good to be Back in the swing of we 1 things and i want to thank John Kominicki for sitting in for me for the last six Joan Faulkner is slated As guest Singer in Zweibruck ens Salute to Black history month in the program role models for Black if you have a Chance to hear do she is a dynamite for More information Call we Bruecken military 6056 or i Fred Melvyn Douglas Douglas deaf ousts Fairbanks and John whose combined Ages add up to More than 300 will appear in ghost the screen version of the Peter Straub it went into production at Saratoga under the direction of John also starred Are Patricia Craig Wasson and Alice a Young South african Rock Singer Leif who is a household word in play included especially since it was currently being done in As i started to the Man asked me to leave the by the time i got to the office the next my Secretary had a Telephone number for me to turned it was the festival folks wanting to know if they could get the play for the arrange ments were made and it was brought Over to be in the 1968 Edinborough it also marked the first time an american company was invited to the added one of his most popular plays is to be it has been on radio and performed thousands of some Amateur groups have done it Justice and others not so commented it seems that i gain on the swings but lose on the asked How he feels watching his own he commented that he usually enjoys the hardest time i had was once when an did a play of mine just ready to leave after it was my wife informed that the hardest part was Corning the Star was waiting for me to congratulate i cant i ended up telling him it was an interesting for his one act plays have done the Best and his subject Range from boxing to Oscar Wilde and his was included in the 100 Best one act of his 71 62 have been one two that have been done on television and that part of houses occupied by the will have his first starring role in Long Garrett appeared As the son in the walking tall films will play a College soccer Star who wants to turn the Story is said to have some of the feeling of breaking the attempted raid on Iran to Rescue the 52 american hostages is being developed As a to raid on Teheran will focus on the intrigue and individuals involved in the Covert operation last eight american servicemen were killed in a crash Between a helicopter and Dick Berg is executive producer and Tom a former senior producer for will produce and supervise the Dorian liar Wood has been signed to Star in the title role of the Nat King Cole the film biography of the Singer will be made by producer Ken Hare Wood also stars in the upcoming movie filming on the to miniseries Marco Polo has moved to Morocco after three months in Rome and Ken Marshall stars As the 13th Century venetian explorer in the eight hour after two months in Morocco the company will return to Rome for two weeks then go to the Peoples Republic of China for five months of Rod Steiger will play a starring role in the magic based on the Book by Thomas the movie also stars Charles Aznavour and Mari France i Steiger portrays the role of dutchman my her Pep who is a patient in a sanitarium that offers an analogy to the decay of european countries just prior to world War former universe Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in the title role of the adventure film the now shooting in also stars James Earl Jones and Max von John Milius is directing the film version of Robert howards tales of Romance and Mili us also wrote the screenplay with Oliver 0hf Norman Norman Holland performed by Amateur and professional groups worldwide Are liberation and once i even wrote an ending for Chaucer the Cooks one Man Reading it thought Chaucer English was very he in the Holland began to write about Oscar Wilde and by 1965 was considered a Wilde Ive written hundreds of words about Oscar when i first started writing about i thought everything possible had been written about this Man who in the late 1800s was the Darling of London very outspoken and he flaunted his homosexuality which in victorian times it did not matter what you were but what you seemed to but he went to prison for two years Corning out a broken i thought about his prison term and How it must have been for to meet Oscar Wilde was a rewrite of a play Holland had written Many years at that time the play received some 40 Good reviews and Only 7 bad plans were made to put the play on Broadway but a review St ran a bad review and All backing was i think this rewrite is a much better stated i even have a French agent who is having it translated for production in France this Wilde went into exile in France and died in Paris in 1900 at the age of he eight of the 26 awards Holland has received have been for plays about after his first Holland freelanced for three years and started to travel in connection with his coming to Germany for the first time in since then he has been to Guya Greece and deciding that he want through he then joined the civil service As an information did More staying with them for 19 since his second he wrote the Queens Jubilee which was written for the Queens Celebration in it has been successful in Britain and the Queen accepted copies of american and British editions and enjoyed them or so in commented we live near Wimbledon now and i often take walks through the area to Clear out the it helps me to think and to work out thoughts while working on a new play or even an old Ive lectured at Many drama schools on playwriting and even Learned to my wife of 44 years used to Type All my scripts that i did in one Day Back in the 50s i wondered Why i haunt Learned to Type i it is a two Finger method but it still works and i play to keep on
