Ronald Ribman

Biography

Literature

Plays

• Harry, Noon and Night, The American Place Theatre, 1965.
• The Journey of the Fifth Horse, The American Place Theatre, 1966.
• The Ceremony of Innocence, The American Place Theatre, 1967.
• Passing Through From Exotic Places, Sheridan Square Playhouse, 1969.
• Fingernails Blue As Flowers, The American Place Theatre, 1971.
• A Break in the Skin, Yale Repertory Company, 1972.
• The Poison Tree, The Playhouse in the Park, Philadelphia, PA. and Westport Playhouse, CT, 1973.
• Cold Storage, The American Place Theatre, 1977.
• Buck, Playwrights Horizons/ The American Place Theatre, 1983.
• Sweet Table at the Richelieu, The American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA., 1987.
• The Cannibal Masque, The American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA., 1987.
• A Serpent's Egg, The American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA., 1987.
• The Rug Merchants of Chaos, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA., 1991.
• Dream of the Red Spider, The American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA., 1993.

  Screenplays and television

• The Journey of the Fifth Horse, National Educational Television, 1966.
• The Final War of Olly Winter, CBS Playhouse, 1967.
• The Most Beautiful Fish, PBS, 1969; published in The New York Times, November 23, 1969.
• The Angel Levine, United Artists, 1969.
• The Ceremony of Innocence, NET Playhouse, 1970; subsequently adapted by Granada Television in 1974.
• Cold Storage, A&E Network, 1984.
• Seize the Day, PBS Playhouse, 1987.
• The Sunset Gang series, PBS, 1991.

  Publications

• Ronald Ribman Two Plays: The Journey of the Fifth Horse & Harry, Noon and Night, Little Brown, 1967.
• The Journey of the Fifth Horse, Samuel French, 1967.
• The Journey of the Fifth Horse, The Off Off Broadway Book, edited by Albert Poland and Bruce Mailman, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1972.
• The Ceremony of Innocence, Dramatists Play Service, 1968.
• Passing Through From Exotic Places, Dramatists Play Service, 1970.
• The Burial Of Esposito in The Best Short Plays 1971, edited by Stanley Richards, Avon, 1971.
• Fingernails Blue As Flowers in The American Place Theatre: Plays, edited by Richard Schotter, Dell, 1973.
• The Final War Of Olly Winter in One Act Plays For Our Times, edited by Dr. Francis Griffith, Popular Library, 1973.
• The Journey of the Fifth Horse, Davis Poynter, 1974.
• Cold Storage, Samuel French, 1976.
• Cold Storage, Nelson Doubleday, 1976.
• Five Plays By Ronald Ribman, Avon, 1978.
• Buck in New Plays USA, edited by M. Elizabeth Osborn, Theater Communications Group, 1984.
• Sweet Table At The Richelieu in American Theater, Vol. 4, Number 4, July/August 1987.
• The Rug Merchants of Chaos and other plays, Theater Communications Group, 1992.
• The Cannibal Masque in The Best American Short Plays 1994–1995, edited by Howard Stein and Glenn Young, Applause, 1995.

Awards and fellowships

• Obie Award, Best Play 1966, The Journey of the Fifth Horse.
• Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama, 1966–1967, The Final War of Olly Winter.
• Straw Hat Award, Best New Play, 1973, The Poison Tree.
• Dramatists Guild, Hull-Warriner Award, 1976–1977, Cold Storage.
• Pulitzer Prize Nomination in Drama, 1978, Cold Storage
• Playwrights USA Award, 1984, Buck.
• Kennedy Center, Fund For New American Plays, 1991, The Rug Merchants of Chaos.
• Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, 1966, 1968.
• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1970.
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1974, 1986–87.

Critical commentary and analysis