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Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Rebecca, There Shall Be No Night, The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife.
- November 14, 1955 (aged 59), New York City, U.S.
- Mary Brandon (m.1922–div.1934), Madeline Hurlock (m.1935)
- Robert Emmet Sherwood, April 4, 1896, New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Apr 8, 2024 · Robert E. Sherwood was an American playwright whose works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and political. Sherwood was an indifferent student at Milton Academy and Harvard University, failing the freshman rhetoric course while performing well and happily on the Lampoon, the humour.
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Writer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Robert E. Sherwood, a brilliant multifaceted writer, was born to Arthur Murray and Rosina Emmet Sherwood, educated at the Milton Academy (Massachusetts) and Harvard, and was wounded while serving with the Canadian Black Watch in WWI. His literary career started with jobs as movie critic at Vanity Fair and ...
- January 1, 1
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Idiot's Delight is a 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play written by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood and presented by the Theatre Guild. The play takes place in the Hotel Monte Gabriel in the Italian Alps during 24 hours at the beginning of a world war.
- Robert E. Sherwood
- March 24, 1936
- 1936
- English
Examine the life, times, and work of Robert E. Sherwood through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
Relying largely on his letters, diaries, plays, films, essays, and biography of Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins, she traces Sherwood's obsession with the world of politics and its effects on his life and art, from his experience as a soldier in World War I to the Cold War.
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Robert E. Sherwood. Writer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Robert E. Sherwood, a brilliant multifaceted writer, was born to Arthur Murray and Rosina Emmet Sherwood, educated at the Milton Academy (Massachusetts) and Harvard, and was wounded while serving with the Canadian Black Watch in WWI.
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