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(Originally Marguerite Duffy.) Born 1932.

American playwright and feminist. A leader in American experimental theater, she is best known for her anti-war musical Viet Rock (1966).


 
 
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(b. 1932)

1966Viet Rock. Terry's best-known play, dramatizing episodes in an American soldier's experience at home and in Vietnam, is generally regarded as the first rock musical and the first protest play about the Vietnam War. Terry was a leading figure with the Open Theatre whose other works include The People vs. Ranchman (1967), Approaching Simone (1970), and Hot House (1974).
1970Approaching Simone. Considered a landmark in American feminist drama, Terry's play treats the life of French philosopher Simone Weil, who died as a result of a hunger strike to protest the conditions faced by soldiers in World War II. It wins the Obie Award for best play.

 
 

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