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History
'The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City.
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Year: 1979
winner (Best Play) y
The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin
1975
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1975
single work
drama
'The elocution lessons of a boy named Benjamin Franklin bring about the destruction of his teacher, a timid transvestite whose only sexual activity takes place in the world of fantasy.'
Source: 'Noble Technique', Canberra Times, 19 March 1977, p.15.
The 1979 New York production also won Best Actor and Best Director
