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Sidney Coe Howard (June 26, 1891 – August 23, 1939) was an American playwright, dramatist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award in 1940 for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind .
6 days ago · Sidney Howard, American playwright who helped to bring psychological as well as theatrical realism to the American stage. His notable plays included They Knew What They Wanted (1924), The Silver Cord (1926), and Yellow Jack (1934; cowritten with Paul de Kruif).
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May 29, 2018 · HOWARD, Sidney. Writer. Nationality: American. Born: Sidney Coe Howard in Oakland, California, 26 June 1891. Education: Attended the University of California, Berkeley, B.A. 1915; studied with George Pierce Baker at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1915–16.
A prolific U.S. playwright and screenwriter, Sidney Howard helped bring psychological as well as theatrical realism to the American stage. He won the Pulitzer prize in 1925 for They Knew What They Wanted .
Dec 18, 2007 · Sidney Howard demolished this dogma in his first mature work, They Knew What They Wanted. Within hours of her marriage, the heroine commits adultery and emerges at play’s end not only alive, but with her marriage intact.
Dec 18, 2021 · Listen to Jan Simpson's deep dive into They Knew What They Wanted, the 1925 comedy by Sidney Howard that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Find links to Wikipedia, reviews, scripts and more resources on the play and the playwright.
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Sidney Howard was a Benfleet yachtsman who wrote a book about his 1933 voyage from the Thames to Tahiti. The book recounts his adventures, challenges and tragedies with his companion John Johnstone on board Pacific Moon.
