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J.B. (play)

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J.B. is a 1958 play written in free verse by American playwright and poet Archibald MacLeish and is a modern retelling of the story of the biblical figure Job – hence the title: J.B./Job. [1]

42 relations: Andreas Voutsinas, Archibald MacLeish, August Wilson Theatre, Baltimore, Book of Job, Broadway theatre, Brooks Atkinson, Candy Moore, Christopher Plummer, Clifton James, Elia Kazan, English language, Ford Rainey, Free verse, God, God in Abrahamic religions, History, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ivor Francis, James Olson (actor), Job, Job (biblical figure), John Cazale, Johns Hopkins University, Judith Lowry, Nan Martin, New York City, Off-Broadway, Old Testament, Pat Hingle, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Raymond Massey, Religion, Reno, Nevada, Samuel French, Inc., Satan, Science, Story within a story, Tony Award, University of Nevada, Reno, Yale School of Drama, Zeus.

Andreas Voutsinas

Andrea Voutsinas (Ανδρέας Βουτσινάς; 22 August 1930 – 8 June 2010) was a Greek actor and theater director.

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Archibald MacLeish

Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer who was associated with the modernist school of poetry.

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August Wilson Theatre

The August Wilson Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, is a Broadway theatre.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Book of Job

The Book of Job (Hebrew: אִיוֹב Iyov) is a book in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and the first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Brooks Atkinson

Justin Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 – January 14, 1984) was an American theatre critic.

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Candy Moore

Candy Moore (born August 26, 1947) is an American actress from Maplewood, New Jersey.

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Christopher Plummer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor.

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Clifton James

George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the sheriff in Silver Streak (1976), a Texas tycoon in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), as the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in Eight Men Out (1988), and earlier in his acting career as a prison floorwalker in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan (born Elias Kazantzoglou; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey (August 8, 1908 – July 25, 2005) was an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Free verse

Free verse is an open form of poetry.

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God

In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith.

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God in Abrahamic religions

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sometimes called Abrahamic religions because they all accept the tradition of a god, Yahweh, that revealed himself to the prophet Abraham.

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History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an educational and trade publisher in the United States.

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Ivor Francis

Ivor Francis (October 26, 1918 – October 22, 1986) was a Canadian-American character actor and acting teacher.

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James Olson (actor)

James Olson (born October 8, 1930) is an American actor.

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Job

A job, or occupation, is a person's role in society.

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Job (biblical figure)

Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible.

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John Cazale

John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978) was an American actor.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Judith Lowry

Judith Lowry (born Judith Carter Ives; July 27, 1890 – November 29, 1976) was an American actress, best known for her television work.

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Nan Martin

Nan Martin (July 15, 1927 - March 4, 2010) was an American actress who starred in movies and on television.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Off-Broadway

An Off-Broadway theatre is any professional venue in Manhattan in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (abbreviated OT) is the first part of Christian Bibles, based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God.

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Pat Hingle

Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor who appeared in hundreds of television shows and feature films.

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Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Raymond Massey

Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian-American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Samuel French, Inc.

Samuel French, Inc. is an American company, founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their existing interests in London and New York City.

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Satan

Satan is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Story within a story

A story within a story is a literary device in which one character within a narrative narrates.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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University of Nevada, Reno

The University of Nevada, Reno (also referred to as Nevada, the University of Nevada or UNR) is a public research university located in Reno, Nevada.

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Yale School of Drama

The Yale School of Drama (also known as YSD) is a graduate professional school of Yale University located in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Zeus

Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.B._(play)

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