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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.
May 23, 2018 · George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Nov. 16, 1889. After attending public schools in Pittsburgh and Paterson, N.J., he studied law briefly. He worked as a clerk, stenographer, and ribbon salesman before he started contributing humorous verses to the newspaper column of Franklin P. Adams in 1908.
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.
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George S. Kaufman. Writer: You Can't Take It with You. American playwright of acerbic wit. Twice won the Pulitzer Prize, and is best known for his collaborative authorship of "Once in a Lifetime," with Moss Hart (1930); "Of Thee I Sing," with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin (1931); "Dinner at Eight," with Edna Ferber (1932); "You Can't Take It with You" and "The Man Who Came to Dinner," again with...
George S. Kaufman: Playwright, director; born in Pittsburgh, PA.After brief periods studying law and as a salesman, he began to contribute humorous material to newspapers; by 1915 he was writing for the theater section of the New York Tribune, moving to the The New York Times (1917-30).
GEORGE S. KAUFMAN: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT, Howard Teichmann. GEORGE S. KAUFMAN AND HIS FRIENDS, Scott Meredith. Source: Biographical information provided by MUZE. Excerpted from the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ...
