▁successful ▁run ▁with ▁Pen el ope ▁Keith , ▁who ▁later ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁television ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁play . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Why ▁Me ?, ▁a ▁black ▁comedy ▁about ▁executive ▁un emp loyment , ▁ran ▁at ▁the ▁Str and ▁Theatre ▁with ▁a ▁much - acc laimed ▁performance ▁by ▁Richard ▁B riers . ▁ ▁Price ▁also ▁wrote ▁and ▁edited ▁many ▁film ▁screen plays . ▁These ▁include ▁co - writer ▁cred its ▁on ▁Arab es que , ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁( S oph ie ▁Loren ▁and ▁Gregory ▁Pe ck ), ▁Gold , ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁( R og er ▁Moore ▁and ▁Sus ann ah ▁York ), ▁Sh out ▁at ▁the ▁Dev il , ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁( R og er ▁Moore ▁and ▁Lee ▁Mar vin ). ▁More ▁recently , ▁his ▁original ▁screen plays ▁and ▁adapt ations ▁have ▁been ▁written ▁princip ally ▁for ▁television , ▁several ▁of ▁them ▁winning ▁international ▁awards , ▁including , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁the ▁American ▁cable ▁television ' s ▁A ce ▁Award ▁for ▁best ▁screen play ▁for ▁G eng his ▁C ohn ▁( after ▁the ▁book ▁by ▁Rom ain ▁Gary ). ▁This ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁best ▁screen play ▁award ▁at ▁the ▁R heim s ▁International ▁Television ▁Festival ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁Close ▁Rel ations ▁had ▁also ▁won ▁this ▁award ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁Pl ays ▁ ▁Why ▁Me ?, ▁Str and ▁Theatre , ▁ 1 9 8 6 – 8