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Author, NU collaborate in `beautiful friendship'

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19990521
Author:MARY HOULIHAN

`The Passion of Henry David Thoreau' Through May 30 Barber Theatre, Northwestern University, 1979 S. Campus, Evanston Tickets, $6-$12 (847) 491-7282

Joyce Carol Oates certainly has a passion for writing. Best known for her many novels and essays, she also has penned more than two dozen plays.

Now she is collaborating with Northwestern University's theater department on the world premiere staging of "The Passion of Henry David Thoreau," opening tonight at NU's Barber Theatre. Oates' relationship with NU grew out of her friendship with the school's president, Henry Bienen. The two became ...

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