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Life with Father is a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day. The Broadway production ran for 3,224 performances over 401 weeks to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway , a record that it still holds. [1]
Clarence Day. (1874—1935) Quick Reference. (1874–1935), essayist, best known for his autobiographical works, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935), Life with Mother (1937), and Father and I (1940), in which, with affectionate humor, he characterizes his family's Victorian traditions and typical upper-class life in 19th-century New York.
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, and printed material documenting the career of Clarence Shepard Day. The collection provides insight into Day's work as an author, illustrator, and humorist, who often poked fun at upper class New Yorkers.
Jan 28, 2022 · Life With Father. If you’ve ever come across the byline B.H. Arkwright, you were most likely reading the work of Clarence Day Jr., who in February 1931 began writing for The New Yorker under that pseudonym and also under his given moniker, which in four short years would become a household name. Jan. 21, 1933 cover by Theodore Haupt.
The Clarence Day Papers are an important resource for the study of American magazine literature during the 1910s-1930s, and provide essential background information regarding Day's most popular and enduring work, Life With Father. The Clarence Day papers are arranged in six series:
January 3, 1936. The New Yorker, January 11, 1936 P. 9. Talk story about Clarence Day. His files contained notes for half a dozen biographies, the most imminent Swift and W. S. Gilbert, a book...
Books. Clarence Day: An American Writer. Wendy Veevers-Carter. iUniverse, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 516 pages. The life of Clarence Day, beloved author of Life With Father, Life...
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