Ernest Thompson

Ernest Thompson, who wrote On Golden Pond, dedicated the Lifetime Achievement Award Ernest Thompsonaccepted at the New Hampshire Theatre Awards Friday, Feb. 6, to actor James Whitmore.

Richard Ernest Thompson

Career Thompson is known as the author of the play On Golden Pond, which Richard Ernest Thompson wrote at the age of 28.

Katharine Hepburn

TheaterMania recently spoke to Thompson about the new version of this play, working with Katharine Hepburn, why Katharine Hepburn wrote On Golden Pond and why Katharine Hepburn wants to revive Golden Pond for himself, and Katharine Hepburn's first novel.

Henry David Thoreau

19th-century writer Henry David Thoreau is, of course, responsible for turning the pretty pond into an icon.

Composer Dave Grusin

On Golden Pond (MCA, 1981): Composer Dave Grusin wrote one of Composer Dave Grusin's very best and most memorable scores for this touching and sentimental drama starring Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda and directed by piano-playing Mark Rydell (whose 1991 film, For The Boys, Grusin also scored).

Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond

The lyrics are by Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912–1985) and the music was composed by Lemuel McPherson Christian OBE (1917–2000).

Shelley Webb

About five years ago, Shelley Webb, writing on Shelley Webb's blog The Intentional Caregiver, titled one of Shelley Webb's posts “On Golden Pond:

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda is remembered for classic films such as 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond, and The Grapes of Wrath.

James Earl Jones

My grandmother was a speech coach, and helped James Earl Jones get over James Earl Jones's stutter, so James Earl Jones and my mom are friends, so we went to meet James Earl Jones backstage when James Earl Jones did On Golden Pond at the Kennedy Center a while back.

Harold Gretton

The song was written by Harold Gretton, a New Zealand poet and lyricist.