S. N. Behrman, in full Samuel Nathaniel Behrman, was an American short-story writer and playwright who studied drama at Harvard. Behrman wrote more than two dozen comedies during his 40-year career, and nearly every one of them was a hit. He also wrote many short stories, two biographies, and a number of screenplays. His work is closely associated with the Theatre Guild.
Behrman was best known for popular Broadway plays that commented on contemporary moral issues. His first play, The Second Man (1927), was an immediate success, and Behrman followed it with a string of successes. Behrman wrote about the wealthy, intellectual sector of society, endowing his characters with eloquence and intelligence. He is distinguished among popular playwrights for introducing volatile and complicated issues into his plays and for refusing to create shallow characters.
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Biography, Drama, American drama, American Dramatists, Art dealers, Art, collectors and collecting, Cartoonists, Dandies, Duveen, joseph duveen, baron, 1869-1939, English Authors, Friends and associates, Social life and customs, American drama (Comedy), Art, Authors, English, Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, Biografie, Brothers and sisters, Characters, Classic Literature, Collectors and collecting, Constructivism (Philosophy), Constructivism (philosophy), Constructivisme, Constructivisme (Philosophie)Places
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S. N. Behrman (1893-1973), Joseph Duveen, Joseph Duveen Duveen Baron (1869-1939), Max Beerbohm Sir (1872-1956), Alexander Woolcott, Alfred Lunt, Amanda Wingfield, Bernard, Biff, Charley, Duveen brothers, F Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Werful, Groucho Marx, Happy, Harold Ross, Harpo Marx, Howard Wagner, Jed Harris, Jenny Stanley, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Letta, Linda, Louis CalhernID Numbers
- OLID: OL318528A
- ISNI: 0000000110677267
- VIAF: 64190993
- Wikidata: Q911096
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q911096
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- S.N. Behrman
- Samuel Nathaniel Behrman
- S. N Behrman
- Samuel N. Behrman
- S. N.: Behrman
- S. N. BEHRMAN
- ~ S. N Behrman
- S N Behrman
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