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Herbert Fields (July 26, 1897 – March 24, 1958) was an American librettist and screenwriter.
Dearest Enemy is a musical with a book by Herbert Fields, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and music by Richard Rodgers. This was the first of eight book musicals written by the songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart and writer Herbert Fields, and the first of more than two dozen Rodgers and Hart Broadway musicals. [1]
Herbert Fields (1897-1958) was a celebrated librettist and screenwriter. The brother and sister team of Herbert and Dorothy Fields was part of a vibrant New York theatrical family that also included their brother, Joseph, a prolific librettist and playwright, and their father, Lew, the famous producer, actor, and director.
Biography for Herbert Fields the Librettist including canon of works, monologues, songs, scenes and quizzes.
Overview. Herbert Fields. (1897—1958) Quick Reference. (1897–1958). Stage and film writer. One of Broadway's most significant librettists, he worked closely with Rodgers and Hart on several of their early musicals and then later collaborated with other ... From: Fields, Herbert in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical » Subjects: Music.
Herbert Fields was born on 26 July 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Honolulu (1939), 50 Million Frenchmen (1931) and Hit the Deck (1955). He died on 24 March 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
Herbert Fields, Dorothy's big brother, was born in 1897. He started his writing career doing the librettos for a string of Rodgers and Hart musicals during the 1920s, shows such as Dearest Enemy, The Girl Friend, and A Connecticut Yankee.
