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George S. Kaufman (1888-1961) was Broadway's greatest comic playwright. His collaborators included Moss Hart, Edna Ferber, Ring Lardner, the Gershwins, the Marx Brothers, and the members of the Algonquin Round Table.
People note American playwright George Simon Kaufman for many collaborations, including Dinner at Eight (1932) with Edna Ferber and You Can't Take It with You (1936) with Moss Hart. This theatre director, theatre producer, humorist, and drama critic, known as "the great collaborator," wrote very few plays alone.
George S. Kaufman was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, theater journalist, and editor whose work was consistently showcased on Broadway for decades. He is lauded as one of the most successful playwrights of the interwar period, and mostly engaged in comedies and political satire. Forty-four of his collaboratively written works were ...
George S. Kaufman (1888-1961) was Broadway's greatest comic playwright. His collaborators included Moss Hart, Edna Ferber, Ring Lardner, the Gershwins, the Marx Brothers, and the members of the Algonquin Round Table.
George S. Kaufman (1888-1961) was Broadway's greatest comic playwright. His collaborators included Moss Hart, Edna Ferber, Ring Lardner, the Gershwins, the Marx Brothers, and the members of the Algonquin Round Table.
George S. Kaufman, the playwright, director and producer, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home, 1035 Park Avenue. His was 71 years old. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
In Kaufman’s play The Solid Gold Cadillac, an old woman triumphs over the executives of General Motors. It is a pattern observed in many of the plays and films of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
