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China Zorrilla as Emily Dickinson, 1981. The Belle of Amherst is a one-woman play by William Luce.. Based on the life of poet Emily Dickinson from 1830 to 1886, and set in her Amherst, Massachusetts, home, the 1976 play makes use of her work, diaries, and letters to recollect her encounters with the significant people in her life – family, close friends, and acquaintances.
From 1976, Reilly primarily taught acting and directing for television and theater, including directing Julie Harris (with whom he had acted in Skyscraper in 1965–66), who was portraying Emily Dickinson in her one-woman Broadway play The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce. In 1979, he directed Ira Levin's play Break a Leg on Broadway.
The Belle of Amherst was adapted by Luce for an IBM Television Special, starring Julie Harris and directed by Charles S. Dubin. [18] The TV movie received an Emmy nomination for Best Actress and two Christopher Awards. The record album of the play received a Grammy Award.
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China Zorrilla as Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst, 1980. Summoned by actor and director Lautaro Murúa to appear as Donna Natividad in the third movie version of Un Guapo del 900, China Zorrilla's film debut came late in 1971 at age 49.
The Amherst railroad station, built in 1853 Helen Vendler points out that the railroad (as a symbol of progress) was not an uncommon subject for literature in 19th century America, and indicates Dickinson's father (a lawyer) was instrumental in bringing the railroad to their hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts . [ 3 ]
The show’s version of Belle views sickness as “a shortcut to being loved and to getting out of things. If you're sick, people can't be mean to you,” says Strauss.
The Dickinson Historic District is a historic district in Amherst, Massachusetts.Its centerpiece is the Emily Dickinson Home, a National Historic Landmark.The district boundaries encompass Main and Lessey Streets, east of Amherst center, from their junction eastward to Gray Street and the Amherst railroad station, which marks the eastern end of the district.