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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The creative spirit dwells celibate and solitary. All history yields hardly a famous poem representing a marriage of two minds, and only a few famous works of fiction-the novels of Erckmann-Chatrian, the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm. But in the theatre, which is always the product of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

This week, while celebrating his 50th birthday, the greatest collaborator of his time can look back on a career in the theatre that would be spectacular in a man of 100. Kaufman's current collaboration with Moss Hart, The Man Who Came to Dinner (TIME, Oct. 30), is one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Not that Kaufman's record is devoid of flops. Of 34 productions, eleven lost money, five others would have, except for movie sales. But a record which includes Dulcy, Merton of the Movies, Beggar on Horseback, The Butter and Egg Man, The Royal Family, June Moon, Once in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

It was perfectionism which also turned Kaufman into a director. He used to be driven half-crazy seeing other directors maul his lines, twist their meanings, spot a laugh where there was none. He first took over direction in 1925, on the only play he has written by himself, The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Broadway is a gold mine for Kaufman, but he never rests on his ores. He is just as apt to start thinking up a new play when he has a smash hit as when he has a flop. A friend has said that if Kaufman isn't a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

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