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Serendipity
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1971
About the author
Jack Richardson
43 books3 followersJack Carter Richardson was an American writer (born in either New York City or Bristol, Virginia) who was known for his existentialist dramas of the early 1960s.
Raised in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York City, Richardson later served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He then earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Columbia University, and studied at the University of Munich. In 1960, his first play, The Prodigal, a retelling of the story of Orestes, was produced Off-Broadway to critical acclaim, winning an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. Gallows Humor, a 1961 combination of two short plays, was also well received. Richardson's next two plays, Lorenzo (1963) and Xmas in Las Vegas (1965), were produced on Broadway, but were critical and commercial failures.
From the 1960s, Richardson wrote dramatic criticism and essays for The New York Times, New York Review of Books, Esquire, and Commentary, as well as two novels: The Prison Life of Harris Filmore (1965) and Memoir of a Gambler.
Richardson married author Anne Roth (now Anne Roiphe) in 1957, and they had a daughter Emily Carter. The couple later divorced. Richardson's second wife was Susan E. Morse, an Academy Award-nominated feature film editor best known for her work with Woody Allen. Their only child was a son, Dwight. They remained married until Richardson's death in Manhattan in July 2012.
Raised in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York City, Richardson later served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He then earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Columbia University, and studied at the University of Munich. In 1960, his first play, The Prodigal, a retelling of the story of Orestes, was produced Off-Broadway to critical acclaim, winning an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. Gallows Humor, a 1961 combination of two short plays, was also well received. Richardson's next two plays, Lorenzo (1963) and Xmas in Las Vegas (1965), were produced on Broadway, but were critical and commercial failures.
From the 1960s, Richardson wrote dramatic criticism and essays for The New York Times, New York Review of Books, Esquire, and Commentary, as well as two novels: The Prison Life of Harris Filmore (1965) and Memoir of a Gambler.
Richardson married author Anne Roth (now Anne Roiphe) in 1957, and they had a daughter Emily Carter. The couple later divorced. Richardson's second wife was Susan E. Morse, an Academy Award-nominated feature film editor best known for her work with Woody Allen. Their only child was a son, Dwight. They remained married until Richardson's death in Manhattan in July 2012.
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