Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young (born February 28, 1875 in Baltimore , Maryland , † May 8, 1926 in Stamford , Connecticut ) was an American playwright , songwriter and librettist . She wrote more than 30 plays and musicals , as well as more than 500 songs. In 1970 she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .
Life
Rida Johnson began her acting career in the Broadway ensembles of Viola Allen and EH Sothern . She later worked for the music publisher Isidore Witmark. Her first play Lord Byron was staged in 1900 by actor-producer James Young , with whom she was married from 1904 to 1910.
She died of breast cancer at the age of 57 .
Web links
- Rida Johnson Young in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rida Johnson Young in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Interview by Young with photograph, The Sun , May 6, 1917 (PDF; 1.48 MB; English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pfeffer's index of composers and lyricists
- ^ IBDB: Rida Johnson Young .
- ↑ Engle, Sherry. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920 (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007); Serafin, Steven and Alfred Bendixen. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature in Google Book Search
- ↑ Biography of Young
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Young, Rida Johnson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright, songwriter and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1926 |
| Place of death | Stamford , Connecticut |