Bernard Sobel (1887–1964) was an American playwright, a drama critic for the New York Daily Mirror, an author of a number of books on theatre and theatre history, and a publicist.

Bernard Sobel
Born1887
Attica, Indiana
Died1964 (aged 76–77)
New York City
OccupationAuthor, publicist
NationalityAmerican
GenreDrama

Career

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Among his clients were Florenz Ziegfeld, Charles Dillingham, A. L. Erlanger, and Lee, Sam, and Jacob Shubert.[1]

A collection of Bernard Sobel's papers from 1923-1962 is in the possession of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He was born in Attica, Indiana[1] and died in New York City.[2]

Select works

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Plays

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  • Jennie Knows (1913)
  • Mrs. Bompton's Dinner Party (1913)
  • There's Always A Reason (1913)

Articles

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  • Sobel, Bernard (1929), "The Language Of The Theatre", The Bookman: A Review of Books and Life, 69, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, OCLC 228771241

Books

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bordman, Gerald Martin; Hischak, Thomas S., eds. (2004), "Bernard Sobel", The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 580, ISBN 978-0-19-516986-7, OCLC 53138731
  2. ^ "Necrology", Wisconsin Alumnus, 65 (8), Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Alumni Association: 31, May 1964, OCLC 6525962
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