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Known for his "sometimes oddball attraction to little-known works by obscure artists," Gerould described being more interested in the “underrated than the overexposed and universally celebrated," noting
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Gerould graduated from Boston Latin High School and entered the
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Gerould was a highly visible presence and driving force at the Martin E. Segal
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Gerould was the recipient of the City
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Gerould was also responsible for bringing new productions of many previously-forgotten or under-produced plays to New York and other U.S. stages. Gerould brought plays by
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Cambridge in 1928. His father, a journalist from a New England whaling family, was of French Huguenot descent. In the 2010 introduction to his compendium of essays,
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performance. Gerould was one of the world’s most recognized “Witkacologists,” a leading scholar and translator of the work of Polish playwright, novelist, painter, and philosopher
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Director of Publications of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. A scholar, teacher, translator, editor, and playwright, Gerould was a specialist in US
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Gerould's writings often include thick personal description of historical figures to frame important theoretical texts, as seen in his collection
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Gerould was married to the Polish scholar and translator
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from 1959 to 1968, where he founded the Department of World and Comparative Literature. In 1968, Gerould’s play
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Stanisław I. Witkiewicz, The Beelzebub Sonata: Plays, Essays, Documents.
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Witkacy: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz As an Imaginative Writer
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Critical Reception of ShawĘľs Plays in France: 1908-1950
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