Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
V Outstanding Broadway Dramas and Comedies Pulitzer Prize Winning Theater Productions
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PREFACE i THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA 1 1917 AWARD for Nobody 4 1918 AWARD for Jesse L. Williams 6 1919 AWARD for Nobody 8 1920 AWARD for Eugene G. O'Neill 10 1921 AWARD for Zona Gale 12 1922 AWARD for Eugene G. O'Neill 14 1923 AWARD for Owen Davis 16 1924 AWARD for Hatcher Hughes 18 1925 AWARD for Sidney C. Howard 20 1926 AWARD for George E. Kelly 22 1927 AWARD for Paul Green 24 1928 AWARD for Eugene G. O'Neill 26 1929 AWARD for Elmer L.Rice 28 1930 AWARD for Marcus C. Connelly 30 1931 AWARD for Susan K. Glaspell 32 1932 AWARD for George S. Kaufman/Morrie Ryskind/Ira Gershwin ... 34 1933 AWARD for Maxwell Anderson 36 1934 AWARD for Sidney Kingsley 38 1935 AWARD for Zoe Akins 40 1936 AWARD for Robert E. Sherwood 42 1937 AWARD for Moss Hart / George S. Kaufman 44 vi CONTENTS
1938 AWARD for Thornton N. Wilder 46 1939 AWARD for Robert E. Sherwood 48 1940 AWARD for William Saroyan 50 1941 AWARD for Robert E. Sherwood 52 1942 AWARD for Nobody 54 1943 AWARD for Thornton N. Wilder 56 1944 AWARD for Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein 58 1945 AWARD for Mary C. Chase 60 1946 AWARD for Russel Crouse / Howard Lindsay 62 1947 AWARD for Nobody 64 1948 AWARD for Tennessee Williams 66 1949 AWARD for Arthur Miller 68 1950 AWARD for Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein/Joshua L. Logan 70 1951 AWARD for Nobody 72 1952 AWARD for Joseph Kramm 74 1953 AWARD for William M. Inge 76 1954 AWARD for John Patrick 78 1955 AWARD for Tennessee Williams 80 1956 AWARD for Albert Hackett / Frances Goodrich 82 1957 AWARD for Eugene G. O'Neill 84 1958 AWARD for Ketti H. Frings 86 1959 AWARD for Archibald MacLeish 88 1960 AWARD for Jerome Weidman/George F. Abbott/Jerry L. Bock/Sheldon M. Harnick 90 1961 AWARD for Tad Mosel 92 1962 AWARD for Frank Loesser/Abe Burrows 94 1963 AWARD for Nobody 96 1964 AWARD for Nobody 98 CONTENTS vii
1965 AWARD for Frank D. Gilroy 100 1966 AWARD for Nobody ^ 102 1967 AWARD for Edward F. Albee 104 1968 AWARD for Nobody 106 1969 AWARD for Howard Sackler 108 1970 AWARD for Charles Gordone 110 1971 AWARD for Paul Zindel 112 1972 AWARD for Nobody 114 1973 AWARD for Jason Miller 116 1974 AWARD for Nobody 118 1975 AWARD for Edward F. Albee 120 1976 AWARD for Michael Bennett/James Kirkwood/Nicholas Dante/ Marvin E. Hamlisch/Edward L. Kleban 122 1977 AWARD for Michael Cristofer 124 1978 AWARD for Donald L. Coburn 126 1979 AWARD for Samuel Shepard 128 1980 AWARD for Lanford E. Wilson 130 1981 AWARD for Beth Henley 132 1982 AWARD for Charles H. Fuller 134 1983 AWARD for Marsha Norman 136 1984 AWARD for David A. Mamet 138 1985 AWARD for Stephen J. Sondheim / James E. Lapine 140 1986 AWARD for Nobody 142 1987 AWARD for August Wilson 144 1988 AWARD for Alfred Uhry 146 1989 AWARD for Wendy Wasserstein 148 1990 AWARD for August Wilson 150 1991 AWARD for M. Neil Simon 152 1992 AWARD for Robert F. Schenkkan 154 viii CONTENTS
1993 AWARD for Tony Kushner 156 1994 AWARD for Edward F. Albee 158 1995 AWARD for Horton Foote 160 1996 AWARD for Jonathan Larson 162 1997 AWARD for Nobody 164 1998 AWARD for Paula Vogel 166 1999 AWARD for Margaret Edson 168 2000 AWARD for Donald Margulies 170 2001 AWARD for David Auburn 172 2002 AWARD for Suzan-Lori Parks 174 2003 AWARD for Nilo D. Cruz 176 2004 AWARD for Doug Wright 178 2005 AWARD for John P. Shanley 180 2006 AWARD for Nobody 182 2007 AWARD for David Lindsay-Abaire 184 2008 AWARD for Tracy Letts 186 2009 AWARD for Lynn Nottage 188 2010 AWARD for Tom Kitt/Brian Yorkey 190 2011 AWARD for Bruce Norris 192 2012 AWARD for Quiara A. Hudes 194 2013 AWARD for Ayad Akhtar 196 A Sponsor's Application for the 2013 Drama Award 198 Appendices 199 Photos of Drama Pulitzer Prize-Winners at Work 201 Bibliography 209 Index 213