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William Hauptman

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Book Writer b. 1942

William Hauptman (born 1942) is an American writer. Born in Texas, he received a BFA from the University of Texas Drama Department and later traveled to San Francisco and New York. A graduate who received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, he is the author of plays and fiction.

Also credited on2 works

Big River
Big River

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 literature5 passages

  • By William Hauptman; Director, Barnet Kellman; Sets, Henry Millman; Costumes, Carol Oditz; Lighting, Edward M. Greenberg; Technical Director, Edward Gianfrancesco; Wardrobe Mistress, Tommy Rowland; Technicians, David Sheppard, Bob Lampel; Production Assistant, Victoria Butlertheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • BIG RIVER Book, William Hauptman; Adapted from the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain; Music and Lyrics, Roger Miller; Director, Michael Greig; Choreographer, Janet Watson; Stage Movement and Fights, B, H. Barry; Scenery, Heidi Landesman; Costumes, Patricia McGourty; Lighting, Richard Riddell; Sound, Otts Munderloh;…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt
  • GILLETTE by William Hauptman; Director, Peter Dobbins; with John Riggins, Eric Alperin, Kevin Villers, Shaula Chambliss, Genia Michaela, Eric Thornetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2001-02 Season, v. 58 (Willis).txt
  • and Lyrics, Roger Miller; Book, William Hauptman; Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Director and Choreographer, Jeff Calhoun; Music Director, Steven Landau; Scenic Design, Ray Klausen; Costume Design, David R. Zyla;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN Roundabout Theatre Company presentation of the Deaf West Theatre revival of the Musical with Book by William Hauptman; Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller; Adapted From the novel by Mark Twain. Artistic Director, Todd Haimes, Managing Director, Ellen Richard; Executive Director of External Affair…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (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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