Luce wrote the 1976 Broadway play 'The Belle of Amherst' for Julie Harris and the 1997 drama 'Barrymore' that starred Christopher Plummer
for Julie Harris and the 1997 drama Luce died in a senior care facility in Green Valley, Arizona, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his godson, Grant Hayter-Menzies, told Over a 40-year career, Luce also worked with the likes of Zoe Caldwell, George C. Scott and Claire Bloom as he wrote about the private lives of Charlotte Brontë, Lillian Hellman, Isak Dinesen, Zelda Fitzgerald and others.
Born on Oct. 16, 1931, in Portland, Oregon, Luce was a published poet and a professional pianist and organist when he was tapped to write his first play, Its opening scene, in which Dickinson enters with a tea tray and blurts, "This is my introduction — black cake," came to him, Luce recalled, in a dream during a nap taken after wrestling with the material. The rest of the play, he said, flowed from there.
Reilly liked to joked that he had "pulled Bill from the chorus," referring to Luce's work in the 1960s as a backup singer for such performers as Julie London. The humble Luce liked to say, "Charles Nelson Reilly and Julie Harris taught me all I know about the theater.", another one-person show, this one about Danish writer Dinesen. Harris received a Tony nomination for her work.
Luce's play about English novelist and poet Brontë starred Harris as well and also was directed by Reilly. It was first staged in Ireland before making its way to public television in 1983. And he wroteLuce also penned the screenplays for two CBS telefilms: 1986's The Woman He LovedLuce was predeceased by his partner of 50 years, designer Ray Lewis. By request, there will be no service.
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