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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.
George S. Kaufman began his literary career by voluntarily writing humorous verse and prose for Franklin P. Adams’s column in the New York Evening Mail. Later, he was hired to write his own ...
Nov 21, 2004 · George S. Kaufman, a founding wit of the Algonquin Round Table and probably the greatest hitmaker in Broadway history—“You Can’t Take It with You,” “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” “Of ...
Biography: George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 1889. His parents were Joseph Kaufman and Henrietta Myers, both from families successful in local business. On March 15, 1917, he and Beatrice Bakrow married. They moved into a farmhouse in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1936 and had one daughter.
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 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. Stage & Screen Artist. Born 11/16/1887, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Died 06/02/1961, New York, New York. Called a "founding father of the American popular theater," George S. Kaufman was one of Broadway's most successful playwrights. Known as a consummate collab.
