http://www.metafilter.com/tags/OakleyHall Posts tagged with 'OakleyHall' at MetaFilter. Sat, 23 May 2009 18:30:33 -0800 Sat, 23 May 2009 18:30:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81892/That%2Dis%2Dwhy%2Dyou%2Dare%2Dfree%2Dto%2Dsee%2Din%2DM%2DUbu%2Dhowever%2Dmany%2Dallusions%2Dyou%2Dcare%2Dto <a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lossofnamelessthings/index.html">The Loss of Nameless Things</a> <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/53869/independent-lens-the-loss-of-nameless-things#s-p1-so-i0">chronicles</a> the rise and literal fall of the playwright Oakley "Tad" Hall III. Many who knew him - including his father <a href="http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/oakleyhall.html">Oakley Hall</a> (<a href=" http://www.metafilter.com/71653/Oakley-Hall-19202008">previously</a>) and the avant-garde group of actors that formed around him at the Lexington Conservatory Theatre (now <a href="http://www.capitalrep.org/">Capital Repertory</a>) - were convinced he was destined to be a great American playwright. However, his ascent was cut short when a mysterious plunge from a bridge left him unable to write for years. Having recovered to some extent in recent years, he is now said to be working on an autobiography titled Alf and Me, which centers on his life-long identification with the French playwright <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry">Alfred</a> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16884/16884-h/16884-h.htm">Jarry</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/33566/Get-me-a-toothpick">previously</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81892 Sat, 23 May 2009 18:30:33 -0800 AmericanTheater documentary OakleyHall TadHall vorpal bunny http://www.metafilter.com/71653/Oakley%2DHall%2D19202008 Novelist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley_Hall">Oakley Hall</a>, most famous for the western <em><a href="http://www.lancetteer.com/book15.htm">Warlock</a></em>, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/14/MNIJ10LJ9V.DTL">has died</a> at the age of 87. Here's <a href="http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_gift.html">a review </a>of <em>Warlock </em>by Thomas Pynchon, a huge fan of the book. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71653 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:30:54 -0800 OakleyHall Warlock Lentrohamsanin