Kaufman, George S. (1889 - 1961).
W o r k
- a journalist, theatre critic, and playwright
- called "The Great Collaborator": collaborated on more than 40 plays with different writers x but: wrote very few plays alone
- wrote farce and comedy of technical virtuosity, inventiveness, and conversational wit
Of Thee I Sing (1931):
- a musical play in collaboration with Morrie Ryskin
- won him the Pulitzer Prize
A Night at the Opera (1935):
- a comedy film in collaboration with Morrie Ryskin
- Kaufman wrote the screenplay
You Can't Take It With You (1936):
- a comedy in collaboration with Moss Hart
- won him the Pulitzer Prize
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939):
- a comedy in collaboration with Moss Hart
Quote
"That’s why I’m sitting here with you, because you remind me of you. Your eyes, your throat, your lips, everything about you reminds me of you, except you. How do you account for that? If she figures that one out, she’s good".
From A Night at the Opera (1935).
Basics
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons).
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Author
George S(imon) Kaufman. (1889 - 1961). American. -
Work
Playwright. Drama critic. Author of plays in collaboration. -
Genres
Modern drama. Comedy. Farce.
Literature
Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. The Cambridge History of American Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Cunliffe, Marcus. The Literature of the United States. London: Penguin, 1991.
Ruland, Richard, Malcolm Bradbury. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997.
Vančura, Zdeněk, ed. Slovník spisovatelů: Spojené státy americké. Praha: Odeon, 1979.