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Russel Crouse (20 February 1893 – 3 April 1966) was an American playwright and librettist, best known for his work in the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Life and career. Born in Findlay, Ohio, Crouse was the son of Sarah (née Schumacher) and Hiram Powers Crouse, a newspaperman.
Russel Crouse was born on 20 February 1893 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Anything Goes (1936). He was married to Anna Erskine and Dorothy Alison Greene (Alison Smith).
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American librettist, playwright, and producer. Crouse was a journalist who began his theatre career with the libretto for The Gang's All Here (1931) and served as press agent for ... From: Crouse, Russel in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre. Reference entries.
Lindsay and Crouse was the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, who collaborated famously on a succession of Broadway plays and musicals for 27 years during the mid 20th century. Their first collaboration was the rewriting of the book for the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes in 1935.
Russel Crouse, whose 32year collaboration with Howard Lindsay in the theater has been hailed as the most successful since that of Gilbert and Sullivan, died of pneumonia yesterday afternoon in St...
Russel Crouse was born on 20 February 1893 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Anything Goes (1936). He was married to Anna Erskine and Dorothy Alison Greene (Alison Smith).
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U.S. playwright and producer Russel Crouse was best known for his partnership with Howard Lindsay. The two coauthored an unbroken string of humorous, successful plays and collaborated on theatrical productions.
