Mel Marvin Biography (1941-)

Born November 24, 1941, in Walterboro, SC; son of Melvin Williams (a farmer)and Louise Strother (a teacher; maiden name, Smalley) Marvin; married AngelaHarman Wigan (a writer), December 18, 1965; children: Katharine Lesley. Addresses: AGENT--Ellen Neuwald, Inc., 905 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10025.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: November 24, 1941; Walterboro, South Carolina, United States

Famous Works

Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; COMPOSER
Jubilee, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, 1962.
Shoemakers' Holiday, Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1967.
Rare Fine Towne, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, 1970.
Horatio, Loretto Hilton Center, St. Louis, MO, 1971, then restaged at theArena Stage, Washington, DC, and at the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, 1974.
Amerikan Schrapnel, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1971.
The Elinor Glyn Love Regatta, Repertory Theatre of New Orleans, 1972.
Prizewinning Plays of the 1920's, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City,1973.
Variety Obit, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1973.
I, Said the Fly, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, 1973.
The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, first produced at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, 1974, restaged at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1975, later produced at the Portland Stage Company, ME, 1984, and at the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1985.
Yentl, Chelsea Theatre Center, New York City, 1974, then at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1976.
Polly, Chelsea Theatre Center, New York City, 1975.
Gorky, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1975.
The Prince of Homburg and Lincoln, both at the Chelsea Theatre Center, New York City, 1976.
Marvin's Garden, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1976.
An American Mass, Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, 1976.
The National Health, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1976.
A History of the American Film, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1977, then at the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Theatre, New York City, 1978.
Green Pond, Stage South and Spoleto Festival, Charelston, 1977.

Tales from the Vienna Woods and Ah Wilderness!, 1978, and The Winter's Tale, 1979, all Arena Stage, Washington, DC.
Das Lusitania Songspiel, Chelsea Westside Theatre, New York City, 1979.
Back County Crimes, Temple University Theatre, Philadelphia, 1979.
Tintypes, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1979, then at the John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1980, and at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1981.
The Glass Menagerie, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1980.
Funeral March for a One-Man Band, St. Nicholas Theatre, Chicago, 1980.
Constance and the Musician, American Place Theatre, New York City and theGeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1982.
Cymbeline, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1982.
The Great Magoo, 1982, and As You Like It, 1983, both Hartford Stage Company.
The Empress of China, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, 1984.
Beloved Friend, Hartman Theatre Company, Stamford, CT, 1984.
The Hoffman Project and The Tempest, both Hartford Stage Company, 1985.
Twelfth Night, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, 1985.
The Cherry Orchard, Portland Stage Company, 1985.
Legs, Musical Theatre Works, New York City, 1985.
The Haunted Palace, staged reading, Chelsea Theatre Center, New York City, 1986.
The Gilded Age and A Doll's House, both at the Hartford Stage Company, 1986.
Credits; DIRECTOR
The Curse of the Starving Class and The Real Thing, both at the PortlandStage Company, 1986.
Credits; ALBUMS
Tintypes, DRG Records, 1981.
Writings
COMPOSITIONS,PUBLISHED; MUSICALS Variety Obit, Samuel French, Inc., 1973.
Gorky, Samuel French, Inc., 1976.
A History of the American Film, Samuel French, Inc., 1978.
Back County Crimes, Samuel French, Inc., 1980.
Tintypes, Music Theatre International, 1981.
The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show, Music Theatre International, 1985.
SONGS,PUBLISHED Green Pond, G. Schimer, Inc., 1977.

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