Jean-Claude van Itallie

Jean-Claude van Itallie (25 May 1936 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian-born American playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher. He was best known protesting against the Vietnam War and for writing America Hurrah; The Serpent and his translations of Anton Chekhov's plays. He was born in Brussels, Belgium.

Van Itallie died in New York City on 9 September 2021 from pneumonia at the age of 85.

References

Other websites

van Itallie's official website

van Itallie's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections

Interview with van Itallie on Primary Stages' Off-Broadway Oral History Project

Interview by the Exiles Memorial Centre

1936 births

2021 deaths

Deaths from pneumonia

American playwrights

Belgian playwrights

Writers from Brussels

Writers from New York City

American political activists