Russel Crouse

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Russel Crouse (born February 20, 1893 in Findlay , Ohio , † April 3, 1966 in New York City , New York ) was an American playwright , actor and producer . He was best known for his literary collaboration with Howard Lindsay .

Life

Russel Crouse was initially a newspaper reporter, first in Cincinnati and later in New York City. In 1932 he became advertising director for the Theater Guild . During this time he was already working as an actor and writer for Broadway . In 1934 he began his 28-year partnership with Howard Lindsay while working for the musical Anything Goes . You subsequently wrote the books for very successful musicals: Red, Hot and Blue (music: Cole Porter , 1936), Hooray For What! (Music: Harold Arlen , 1937), Call Me Madam (Music: Irving Berlin , 1950) and The Sound of Music (Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein , 1959); and Acting: Life With Father (1939) - the play ran for almost eight years, making it the longest-staged staging of a non-musical in the history of Broadway and State of the Union (1948) - for which it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 won.

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  • 1949: Counted hours (The hasty heart)

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SURNAME Crouse, Russel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Findlay , Ohio, United States
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1966
Place of death New York City , New York, United States