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Tunc Yalman Biography (1925-)

First name pronounced "Toonch;" born September 9, 1925, in Istanbul; son of A. Emin (an editor and publisher) and Rezzan (a writer; maiden name, Korle) Yalman. Addresses: OFFICE--North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, 27107.

Nationality

Turkish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

September 9, 1925

Istanbul, Turkey

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler (also directed), Dormen Theatre, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Credits; NEW YORK DEBUT; DIRECTOR
• The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, ANTA, 1967.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Arms and the Man, Dormen, Istanbul.
• Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, The Women, Roots, Both Your Houses, The Mayor of Zalamea, The Winslow Boy, all Municipal Theatre, Istanbul, 1959-66.
• Electra, Medea, A Doll's House, The Skin of Our Teeth, Design for Living,The Lesson and The Chairs, Oh Pioneers, all Milwaukee Repertory, 1966-71.
• Stuck, The Executioners, A Disturbance of Mirrors, all O'Neill Theatre Center, 1972.
• The Liar, Cleveland Playhouse, 1972.
• A Conflict of Interest, Urgent Theatre, NY, 1973.
• Joe Egg, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, both American Conservatory Theatre, Seattle, 1973-74.
• Young Osman, International Arts Festival, Istanbul, 1973.
• Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Urgent Theatre, NY, 1974.
• The Devil's General, Asolo Theatre, 1974.
• In the Well of the House, Missouri Repertory, 1974.
• Misalliance, Loeb Theatre, 1975.
• Othello, National Theatre of Turkey, 1978.
• Ghosts, Playmakers Repertory Company, NC, 1979.
• Hedda Gabler, Monomoy Theatre, Cape Cod, 1980.
• Queen After Death, Angiers Festival, France.
• The Duchess of Malfi, The Lower Depths, The Bald Soprano, The Chairs, allUniversity of Washington.
• The Three Sisters, The Man of Mode, The Provoked Wife, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Tartuffe, The Willard Case, all North Carolina School of the Arts.
• Modigliani, Istanbul City Theatre, 1985.
• The Country Girl, Trinity Square Repertory Company, 1985.
• Writings; PLAYS,PRODUCED
• A Ball for the Imaginative, Yale University, and off Broadway, 1949.
• The Myrmidons, Yale University, 1950.
• The Liar (adapted from Goldoni), 1971.