Charles Marowitz
Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014) was an American critic, theatre director, and playwright, regular columnist on Swans Commentary. He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later founded and directed The Open Space Theatre in London. He is also the co-founder of "Encore" magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor of "The" Encore "Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama" (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such as "The New York Times", "The Times" (London), "TheaterWeek", and "American Theatre" and was the lead critic on  the "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner" until it ceased publication. He was the author of "Murdering Marlowe", which imagines a rivalry between William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, which was selected as a finalist for the GLAAD Media Awards of 2002, and of the 1987 Broadway play "Sherlock's Last Case" with Frank Langella in the lead role. His free adaptations of Shakespeare have been collected in "The Marowitz Shakespeare". He died of complications from Parkinson's disease in 2014 at the age of 80.