He looked lugubriously around the silent room, no longer expectant. Made by Hitchcock, Alford and Co., one of the finest names in chairs. It’s a genuine Boston rocker, the auctioneer droned, his voice cracked and pleading as he pointed to a much abused Windsor-style rocking chair. Behind the auctioneer, strewn around like the aftermath of a bombing, were the assorted possessions of the family Barker, the last of whom had lived long enough to make some of the junk valuable. The parlor was less than half full, no more than thirty people. Jonathan Rose sat on an aisle seat, a few rows back from the podium, his long legs stretched out on the battered wood floor. The author is grateful for the cooperation, kindness, and expertise of Barbara and Howard DeFranceaux, Victor Shargi, Viola Drath, Joseph Lyman, and Rose Bailor. Adler has taught creative writing seminars at New York University, and has lectured on creative writing, film and television adaptation, and electronic publishing. For an entire list of developments, news and updates visit Adler’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages, including his staged version of The War of the Roses, which has opened to spectacular reviews worldwide. His recent stage/film/TV developments include the Broadway adaptation of The War of the Roses, to be produced by Jay and Cindy Gutterman, The War of the Roses: The Children (Grey Eagle Films and Permut Presentations), a feature film adaptation of the sequel to Adler’s iconic divorce story, and Capitol Crimes (Grey Eagle Films and Sennet Entertainment), a television series based on his Fiona Fitzgerald mystery series. Acclaimed author, playwright, poet, and essayist Warren Adler is best known for The War of the Roses, his masterpiece fictionalization of a macabre divorce adapted into the BAFTA- and Golden Globe–nominated hit film starring Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, and Kathleen Turner.Īdler has also optioned and sold film rights for a number of his works, including Random Hearts (starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas) and The Sunset Gang (produced by Linda Lavin for PBS’s American Playhouse series starring Jerry Stiller, Uta Hagen, Harold Gould, and Doris Roberts), which garnered Doris Roberts an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries.
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