People in a diary

Description:

Lively memior of the theatrical career of playwright, essayist, and screenwriter Samuel Behrman. Behrman was a well known author of high-toned comedies, often starring Lunt and Fontanne. Behrman's circle of friends ranged from poet Siegfred Sassoon to Alexander Woolcott, and everyone in between. Behrman's book presents character studies of these famous people that are both truthful, but also kind. A tremendous work for anyone interested in 20th century theater and literature.

subjects: American Dramatists,  Biography,  Dramatists, American,  Screenplays,  Hollywood

People: S. N. Behrman (1893-1973),  Jed Harris,  Alexander Woolcott,  Harold Ross,  Franz Werful,  Alfred Lunt,  Lynn Fontanne,  F Scott Fitzgerald,  Siegfred Sassoon,  Louis Calhern,  Harpo Marx,  Groucho Marx

Places: Broadway,  Hollywood,  London,  Woodstock Vermont

Times: 20th century