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Samuel Nathaniel Behrman ( / ˈbɛərmən /; June 9, 1893 – September 9, 1973) was an American playwright, screenwriter, biographer, and longtime writer for The New Yorker. His son is the composer David Behrman . Biography. Early years.
Jun 5, 2024 · S.N. Behrman was an American short-story writer and playwright best known for popular Broadway plays that commented on contemporary moral issues. Behrman wrote about the wealthy, intellectual sector of society, endowing his characters with eloquence and intelligence.
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S.N. Behrman. Writer: Me and the Colonel. The playwright, screenwriter, essayist, raconteur and consummate wit Samuel Nathaniel Behrman became known as Broadway's pre-eminent author of sophisticated high comedy.
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Playwright and author S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel) Behrman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1893. He was the youngest of three sons raised by Lithuanian immigrants in the heart of Worcester's Jewish community on Providence Street.
SNBehrman.com is an online archive devoted to the American playwright, S. N. Behrman.
Apr 27, 2010 · Eighty-Five from the Archive: S. N. Behrman. By Erin Overbey. April 27, 2010. This year is The New Yorker’s eighty-fifth anniversary. To celebrate, over eighty-five weekdays we will turn a...
The S. N. Behrman Papers document the literary career and personal life of the playwright and essayist. The date span of the papers is 1912-1987.
