A. R. Gurney
A. R. Gurney | |
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| Born | Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. November 1, 1930 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 13, 2017 (aged 86) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
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| Education | Williams College (BA) Yale University (MFA) |
| Genre | Theatre |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017) (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic.
Gurney is known for plays including The Dining Room (1982), Sweet Sue (1986/7), The Cocktail Hour (1988), and for his Pulitzer Prize nominated play Love Letters (1988). His series of plays about upper-class WASP life in contemporary America have been called "penetratingly witty studies of the WASP ascendancy in retreat."