Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014)[1] was an Americancritic,theatre director, andplaywright, regular columnist on Swans Commentary.[2] He collaborated withPeter Brook at theRoyal Shakespeare Company, and later founded and directedThe Open Space Theatre inLondon.[3]
He was also the co-founder ofEncore magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor ofThe EncoreReader: A Chronicle of the New Drama (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such asThe New York Times,The Times (London),TheaterWeek, andAmerican Theatre and was the lead critic on theLos Angeles Herald-Examiner until it ceased publication.
The period as a critic in London was recorded in the bookConfessions of a Counterfeit Critic (Eyre Methuen 1973). Its subtitle wasA London Theatre Notebook 1958-1971.
He was the author ofMurdering Marlowe, which imagined a rivalry betweenWilliam Shakespeare andChristopher Marlowe. It was selected as a finalist for theGLAAD Media Awards of 2002. He was author the 1987Broadway playSherlock's Last Case withFrank Langella in the lead role.[4]
His free adaptations of Shakespeare were collected inThe Marowitz Shakespeare. He died of complications fromParkinson's disease in 2014 at the age of 80.[5]
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