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Biography
Barbara Field is a playwright whose work has been seen at theaters across North America and Europe. Field is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA) and the University of Minnesota (MA).
She has written adaptations of such great works of literature as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, both by Charles Dickens, and of Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini. Great Expectations won the L.A. Drama critics award in 1996. Other plays include Neutral Countries, co-winner of the Humana Festival's Great American Play contest in 1983, and Boundary Waters, for which she received a DramaLogue Award in 1992. She also authored three books, New Classics from the Guthrie Stage (Smith and Kraus) and Barbara Field, Collected Plays, Vol I & II (Amazon).
Field is a co-founder of The Playwrights' Center and served as playwright-in-residence at the Guthrie Theater from 1974–1981. She has held fellowships from numerous organizations; the Shubert, Bush, McKnight, and Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships are among her many awards.
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