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20 dic 2022 · He is, in a word, Alexander Woollcott. The play’s authors, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, were quite open about basing its central character on their friend Woollcott, the 20th-century literary critic known for his passionate friendships with Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Lawrence, and Harpo Marx.
26 feb 2002 · Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943)- 'Aleck' to his friends - was a critic. His reputation was built on his wit and his skill as an arbiter of taste. He built a definite personality - acerbic, sometimes gushingly sentimental ('Old Vitriol and Violets' in James Thurber's phrase) - that was only sometimes connected to his written works.
8 feb 2018 · He’d been the theater critic for the New York Times, but the army made him a war correspondent for the paper. Ten years after Stars and Stripes’ first edition, Woollcott—who by then had become a notable member of the Algonquin Round Table —reminisced about his days at the paper in an article he wrote for The Saturday Evening Post on ...
Alexander Woollcott (1887 – 1943) "All of the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. - Alexander Woollcott. One of the foremost critics and commentators on the New York scene during the early decades of the twentieth century, Alexander Woollcott was a larger than life character.
Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1125. Source citation. Drama Critic. One of the founding members of the Algonquin Round Table. A graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, class of 1909, he was known to his friends as Aleck. His reputation as a critic was built on his wit and skill as an arbiter of taste.
3 dic 2009 · The letters of Alexander Woollcott by Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943; Kaufman, Beatrice Bakrow, 1895-1945; Hennessey, Joseph. Publication date 1944 Topics
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott, 19 Jan 1887 - 23 Jan 1943 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution c. 1930 Object number NPG.97.170 Restrictions & Rights CC0 Type Drawing Medium Watercolor and ink on paper Dimensions Image: 19.7 × 14.3 cm (7 3/4 × 5 5/8") Sheet: 30.5 × 22.7 cm (12 × 8 15/16") See more items in
