Person
N. Richard Nash
Writing · 1913–2000 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
N. Richard Nash, (1913-2000), was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Philadelphia, he was one of the writers of the “golden age” of television, and the author of The Rainmaker and other plays translated into numerous languages. Often under the name “John Roc” he wrote radical works of which seven have been published in N. Richard Nash Selected Plays. Along with Cry Macho, his fiction includes The Last Magic, Radiance, and East Wind, Rain and the Roc novel Winter Blood.
Known for

Helen of Troy
Adaptation

Cry Macho
Novel

Bintang Kejora
Theatre Play

The Rainmaker
Screenplay

The Rainmaker
Author

Nora Prentiss
Screenplay

The Flying Missile
Original Story

Porgy and Bess
Screenplay

Top of the World
Writer

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen
Story
Filmography
- 2021Cry MachoNovel
- 1990Thodasa Roomani Ho JaayenStory
- 1986Bintang KejoraTheatre Play
- 1985Between the Darkness and the DawnScreenplay
- 1984The ParadeTeleplay
- 1982The RainmakerWriter
- 1976DragonflyWriter
- 1975The RainmakerAuthor
- 1959Porgy and BessScreenplay
- 1956The RainmakerScreenplay
- 1956Helen of TroyAdaptation
- 1955Top of the WorldWriter
- 1952Mara MaruScreenplay
- 1950The Flying MissileOriginal Story
- 1950The GoldbergsScreenplay
- 1950The Vicious YearsScreenplay
- 1949Dear WifeScreenplay
- 1948The Sainted SistersScreenplay
- 1947Nora PrentissScreenplay
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