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Lawrence D. Cohen

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Book Writer b. 1901

Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on several adaptations of Stephen King's Carrie, including Brian De Palma's 1976 film and Kimberly Peirce's 2013 film.

Also credited on1 work

Carrie

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature1 passages

  • CARRIE Music, Michael Gore; Lyrics. Dean Pitchford; Book, Lawrence D. Cohen; Based on novel by Stephen King; The Friedrich Kurz/Royal Shakespeare Company Pro¬ duction; Director, Terry Hands; Choreography, Debbie Allen; Set, Ralph Koltai; Costumes, Alexander Reid; Lighting. Terry Hands; Sound, Martin Levan; Assistant Director, Louis W. Sch…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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