| LC control no. | n 85106142 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3569.H763 |
| Personal name heading | Shue, Larry |
| Birth date | 1946-07-23 |
| Death date | 1985 |
| Found in | His The nerd, c1984: t.p. (Larry Shue) His The foreigner, c1985: t.p. (Larry Shue) jkt. (d. Sept. 1985) Notable Wisconsin authors, 1991 (Larry Shue; Larry Shue, 1946-1985; Shue was born in New Orleans on July 23, 1946, and grew up in Kansas and Illinois. He studied acting at Illinois Wesleyan University, graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (cum laude). He served in the U.S. Army's Entertainment Unit from 1967 to 1972 where he won the Eddie Fox Award in Special Services Entertainment. From 1972 to 1977 he appeared in improvisational comedy groups, dinner theaters, and other venues; Shue's Wisconsin connection began in 1977 when he became a member of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. After writing a successful revue for the theater he was made their resident playwright in 1979. The most productive years of his brief writing career, 1979-1985 were spent there; Larry Shue died at the age of 39 in a plane crash in Virginia in 1985) |
| Associated language | eng |
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