Playwright best known for Children of a Lesser God, which was turned into a 1986 hit filmThe playwright Mark Medoff, who has died aged 79, wrote Children of a Lesser God, the story of a deaf woman and a male speech therapist, which won the 1980 Tony award for best Broadway play. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film version, with William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, which earned him an Oscar nomination, while …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PM on May 5, 2019