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Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was a prolific American writer and director of plays and films. ==Stage career== Garson Kanin began his show business career as a jazz musician, burlesque comedian, and actor. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and made his Broadway debut in ''Little Ol' Boy'' (1933). In 1935, Kanin was cast in a George Abbott play and soon became Abbott's assistant. Kanin made his Broadway debut as a director in 1936, at the age of twenty-four, with ''Hitch Your Wagon''. In 1945, Kanin directed Spencer Tracy in Tracy's first play in 15 years. Tracy had been through a dark patch personally—culminating with a stay in hospital—and Katharine Hepburn felt that a play would help restore his focus.〔Curtis (2011) p. 517 for hospital stay; p. 512 for "Hepburn's strategy".〕 Tracy told a journalist in April, "I'm coming back to Broadway to see if I can still act." The play was ''The Rugged Path'' by Robert E. Sherwood, which first previewed in Providence, Rhode Island on September 28, to a sold-out crowd and tepid response.〔Curtis (2011) pp. 525–256.〕 ''The Rugged Path'' was a difficult production, with Kanin later writing, "In the ten days prior to the New York opening all the important relationships had deteriorated. Spencer was tense and unbending, could not, or would not, take direction".〔Kanin (1971) p. 97.〕 Tracy considered leaving the show before it even opened on Broadway,〔Curtis (2011) p. 528.〕 and lasted there just six weeks before announcing his intention to close the show.〔Curtis (2011) p. 531.〕 It closed on January 19, 1946, after 81 performances.〔Deschner (1972) p. 51.〕 Tracy later explained to a friend: "I couldn't say those goddamn lines over and over and over again every night ... At least every day is a new day for me in films ... But this thing—every day, every day, over and over again."〔Curtis (2011) p. 530.〕 Kanin's 1946 play ''Born Yesterday'', which he also directed, ran for 1,642 performances. Kanin worked, uncredited, on the screenplay of the 1950 film adaptation.〔''Garson Kanin's Hollywood'', p.326〕 His other stage work includes directing ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1955), which ran for 717 performances, and the musical ''Funny Girl'' (1964), which ran for 1,348 performances. Kanin wrote and directed his last play, ''Peccadillo'', in 1985, the same year he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Broadway's Best )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garson Kanin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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