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Barbara Field, a 'queen of adaptations' and champion of playwrights, dies at 87


Barbara Field, a queen of adaptations and champion of playwrights, dies at 87
Writer of Guthrie s A Christmas Carol also launched the Playwrights Center, where she mentored many. 
February 23, 2021 7:57pm
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Playwright Barbara Field s stage adaptation of A Christmas Carol was seen by millions during its 35-year run at the Guthrie Theater, introducing many to the power of theater with a transformative ghost story.
But her most enduring legacy might be less dramatic. While she was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in 1971, Field and a clutch of other students acted on the advice of theater professor Charles Nolte and created the Playwrights Center, which has helped generations of writers from August Wilson and Lee Blessing to Melanie Marnich and Christina Ham find their voice. ....

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