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Crimes of the Heart is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play .
Jan 11, 2012 · In ‘The Jacksonian,’ Beth Henley Confronts Violence - The New York Times. Southern Without the Comfort. Beth Henley, whose play “The Jacksonian” will have its premiere next month at the...
About Beth Henley. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, it's no surprise that Beth Henley's written works, both screenplays and plays, commonly center on stories of women in the rural south. The daughter of an actress, she herself participated in the theatre onstage in her teenage years and into college.
Elizabeth Becker Henley (born May 8, 1952) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her play Crimes of the Heart won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a nomination for a Tony Award.
Beth Henley. Writer: Crimes of the Heart. Beth Henley was born on 8 May 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Crimes of the Heart (1986), True Stories (1986) and Swing Shift (1984).
Mini Bio. Beth Henley was born on May 8, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Crimes of the Heart (1986), True Stories (1986) and Playing on Air (2012).
With roots in the American South, Beth Henley (b. 1952) has for four decades been a working playwright and screenwriter. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 at the age of twenty-eight, Henley so far has written twenty-five produced plays that are always original, usually darkly comic, and often experimental.
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