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'Pinnacle of westerns': the Oscar-winning writer of Forrest Gump on staging High Noon " with songs by Springsteen by Ryan Gilbey

He's written screen smashes like Dune and Killers of the Flower Moon. As Eric Roth plunges into theatre, he talks about classic westerns, being sacked by Robert Redford " and why writing for Martin Scorsese is a dream Eric Roth chuckles into his bristly silver beard when I refer to him as the new kid on the block, but that doesn't make it any less true. His debut play, an adaptation of the 1952 western High Noon, is …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM on January 5, 2026

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