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D. L. Coburn

 
American Author: D.L. Coburn
 

  • Born: August 4, 1938
  • Birthplace: Baltimore, MD

Playwright D.L. Coburn is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, in which two senior citizens, a man and a woman, play a series of games of gin rummy, revealing different aspects of their personalities, all the while. The play also won several Tony Awards.

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  • The Gin Game (1976)
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1976The Gin Game. The first play produced by this former advertising writer makes its debut at a small Los Angeles theater. It would appear on Broadway the next year, in 1978 becoming the first two-character play ever to receive a Pulitzer Prize. The play centers on Weller and Fonsia, an elderly man and woman who play a series of gin rummy games. During the games, each examines the many issues of their lives.

 
 

 

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