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Drama
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Autobiographical Drama
Memory Plays
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George S. Kaufman

George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Of Thee I Sing (with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin) in 1932, and won again in 1937 for the play You Can't Take It with You (with Moss Hart). He also won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1951 for Guys and Dolls.

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Contains: Comedy. Expressionistic satire. Beggar on horseback / George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly ; Realistic folk comedy. The late Christopher Bean / Sidney Howard ; The comedy of manners. Biography / S.N. Behrman -- Serious drama. Naturalistic tragedy. Mourning becomes Electra / by Eugene O'Neill ; Romantic drama of history. Valley Forge / Maxwell Anderson ; The proletarian drama. Waiting for Lefty / Clifford Odets ; Domestic drama. [Glass Menagerie]( / Tennessee Williams ; Middle-class tragedy. [Death of a salesman]( / Arthur Miller.

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