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John Gregory Strand is a contemporary American playwright.[1] At times he has published under the name "J.G. Strand". Among his plays are Lincolnesque,[2][3][4] Three Nights in Tehran,[5] The Diaries,[6] Otabenga,[7][8] and The Originalist.[9][10] [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Tom Walker is an adaption of The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving.[18][19][20][21] He has also written a number of English-language adaptions of plays written in French: among these are Lovers and Executioners (Antoine Jacob de Montfleury's La Femme Juge et Partie);[22][23][24] The Miser (Molière);[25] Lorenzaccio (Alfred de Musset);[26] Hat! (Eugène Labiche's Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie);[27][28] and Hernani (Victor Hugo).[29] In 1985 he launched (along with Kathy Acker, Eduard Limonov, and Bernard-Henri Lévy) a Paris-based literary magazine called Paris Exiles.[30][31] A novel, Commieland, appeared in 2013.[32]

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  1. ^ "John Gregory Strand". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "John Strand's Political Comedy 'Lincolnesque'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ Strand, John (2008). Lincolnesque. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 9780881453355. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ^ Smith, Ryder. "Lincolnesque by John Strand". Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. ^ Strand, John (2010). Three Nights in Tehran. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 9780881454314. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ^ Strand, John. The Diaries. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN 1583422323. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  7. ^ Strand, John (2008). Otabenga. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0881454031. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  8. ^ Sommers, Pamela (20 November 1994). "ONSTAGE, THE SELLING OF OTABENGA". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ^ Strand, John (15 March 2019). The Originalist. Dramatists Play Service. ISBN 978-0822239840. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  10. ^ Lat, David (2015). "ATL Theater Review: The Originalist". Above the Law (ATL). Breaking Media. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ Liptak, Adam. "The Originalist, a New Play About Justice Antonin Scalia by John Strand". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  12. ^ McPhee, Ryan (6 March 2017). ""Arena Stage's The Originalist Will Air on PBS' Theater Close-Up"". Playbill. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  13. ^ Thompson, Zac. "The Originalist, a Play About Justice Antonin Scalia, Shows Sympathy for the Devil". The Village Voice.
  14. ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (30 July 2018). "After the Play, a Supreme Encore From Ruth Bader Ginsburg". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  15. ^ Rosen, Jeffrey; Epps, Garrett (27 March 2015). "In The Originalist, Theater Tries to Interpret Antonin Scalia". The Atlantic. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  16. ^ Pressley, Nelson (20 March 2015). "Scalia and the Intern, Punching from Right and Left in The Originalist". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  17. ^ Hsiao, Irene (21 May 2018). "Unoriginal Originalist: A Review of The Originalist at Court Theatre". Newcity Stage.
  18. ^ Strand, John. Tom Walker. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN 9781583421239. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  19. ^ Pressley, Nelson (5 February 2001). "Starting from Scratch:'Tom Walker', Dealing with the Devil". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  20. ^ Mangravite, Ronald (29 August 2002). "Tom Walker". Miami New Times. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  21. ^ Boehm, Mike (29 April 2001). "An Important Door Opens". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  22. ^ Strand, John (1999). Lovers and Executioners. Dramatic Publishing. ISBN 0871299100. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  23. ^ The Providence Players of Fairfax: PPF Lovers and Executioners Promo Video I on YouTube
  24. ^ The Providence Players of Fairfax: PPF Lovers and Executioners Promo Video II on YouTube
  25. ^ "The Miser".
  26. ^ Strand, John (2007). Lorenzaccio. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 9780881453270. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  27. ^ Strand, John (2011). Hat!. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0881454666. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  28. ^ McCarthy, Dennis; Strand, John. Hat! - A Vaudeville. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  29. ^ Strand, John (2013). Hernani. Broadway Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0881455236. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  30. ^ Hellier, Odile (26 September 2024). "An Expat's Homebase". Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  31. ^ Venant, Elizabeth (21 September 1986). "THE THIRD WAVE". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  32. ^ Strand, John (2013). Commieland. Kiwai Media. ISBN 1937247058.
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