Portrait
Barbara Field
9/25/1991 | 26m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the Twin Cities most respected Playwrights, she has adapted "Great...
One of the Twin Cities most respected Playwrights, she has adapted "Great Expectations", "A Christmas Carol" and "Frankenstein" for the Guthrie Theater. A competing passion is gardening which she described as a family obsession.
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Portrait
Barbara Field
9/25/1991 | 26m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the Twin Cities most respected Playwrights, she has adapted "Great Expectations", "A Christmas Carol" and "Frankenstein" for the Guthrie Theater. A competing passion is gardening which she described as a family obsession.
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Clip: 9/25/1991 | 4m 26s | There was no celebration of the Jewish religion because Field's parents weren't... (4m 26s)
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Clip: 9/25/1991 | 5m 6s | Proud of her work and adaptations of books like "Frankenstein", she looks for... (5m 6s)
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Clip: 9/25/1991 | 8m 24s | Newly divorced, single mother, Field was hired by Michael Langum at the Guthrie. It... (8m 24s)
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Clip: 9/25/1991 | 7m 49s | Starting in High School and continuing into College, Field was writing short stories... (7m 49s)
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