Thomas Babe | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York | March 13, 1941
Died | December 6, 2000 Stamford, Connecticut | (aged 59)
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
Thomas Babe (March 13, 1941 – December 6, 2000) was an American playwright, "one of Joseph Papp's most prolific resident playwrights at the New York Shakespeare Festival," with seven of his plays premiered at the Public Theatre. His work during the mid-1970s and through the 1980s explored many elements of American history and cultural mythology. He was fascinated by the concept of the traditional hero figure—and the reality behind it.