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Award Winning Playwright And Screenwriter Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote Jr. March 14, 1916–March 4, 2009The quiet cotton-farming community of Wharton, Texas, is the touchstone for the career of playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote.Born in 1916 and raised in Wharton, Foote first dreamed of becoming an actor. But he soon discovered that his true genius lay in writing, not performing.He began writing plays about everyday people living in small Texas towns like his boyhood home, and his work was praised for its... Read More