Robert H. Locke

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Robert H. Locke
Born30 December 1944 Edit this on Wikidata
Vallejo Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationWriter, playwright Edit this on Wikidata
WorksStory for a Black Night Edit this on Wikidata
FamilyRichard Holt Locke Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
Websitehttp://webpages.csus.edu/~boblocke/ Edit this on Wikidata

Robert Locke (born 1944) in Vallejo, California, sometimes known by the pseudonym Clayton Bess is an American writer, playwright, and librarian.

Personal life

Robert Locke spent three years in Liberia as part of the Peace Corps.[1]

Works

  • Books
    • Story for a Black Night (1982)
    • The Truth About the Moon (1984)
    • Tracks (1986)
    • Mayday Rampage (1993)
    • Big Man and the Burn-Out
  • Stage plays
    • Rose Jewel and Harmony
    • On Daddy's Birthday
    • The Dolly[2][3][4][5]
    • Murder and Edna Redrum

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Huse, Nancy. "Re-Membering Broken Cultures in Story for a Black Night" (PDF). Children's Literature Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "A.C.T. History". American Conservatory Theater.
  3. ^ "The Dolly is not just a child's play". Toronto Star, March 7, 1986.
  4. ^ "A Family Comes Apart in Locke's 'The Dolly'". Los Angeles Times. 19 April 1987.
  5. ^ "A Landmark Transformation / Six years after the quake, the Geary Theater rises from the rubble". 31 December 1995.


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