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Maxwell Anderson (I) (1888–1959)
James Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1888 to William Lincoln Anderson and Charlotte Perrimela (Stephenson) Anderson. The second child born to the couple, Anderson spent his formative years on his maternal grandmother's farm in Atlantic before the family moved to Andover, Ohio when he was three years old. His ...
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Born:in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, USADied:(age 70) in Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
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Writer (64 credits)
Writer (64 credits)
1962
Golden Showcase
(TV Series) (play "Saturday's Children" - 1 episode)
- Saturday's Children
(1962)
... (play "Saturday's Children")
1955
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- The Masque of Kings
(1955)
... (play)
Shower of Stars
(TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode, 1954) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1954)
- A Christmas Carol
(1954)
... (adaptation) / (teleplay - uncredited)
Omnibus
(TV Series) (written by - 1 episode, 1952) (play - 1 episode, 1952)
- The Trial of Ben Jonson
(1952)
... (written by - segment "The Trial of Ben Johnson")
- The Trial of Anne Boleyn
(1952)
... (play - segment "The Trial of Anne Boleyn")
1951-1952
Celanese Theatre
(TV Series) (play - 2 episodes)
- Saturday's Children
(1952)
... (play - episodes 1.03 and 1.13)
- Winterset
(1951)
... (play)
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
(TV Series) (play - 4 episodes, 1951) (book - 1 episode, 1950)
- The Buccaneer
(1951)
... (play)
- Night Over Taos
(1951)
... (play)
- Valley Forge
(1951)
... (play - episodes 1.07, 1.20, 1.21 and 1.37)
- Mary of Scotland
(1951)
... (play - episodes 1.07, 1.20, 1.21 and 1.37)
- Knickerbocker Holiday
(1950)
... (book)
1950
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- High Tor
(1950)
... (play)
1950
Kraft Theatre
(TV Series) (play "Valley Forge" - 1 episode)
- Valley Forge
(1950)
... (play "Valley Forge")
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Soundtrack (39 credits)
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Music department (3 credits)
Music department (3 credits)
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His play, "Gypsy," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Libby Holman in the cast. See more »
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I believe with [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] that dramatic poetry is man's greatest achievement on earth so far, and I believe with the early [George Bernard Shaw] that the theatre is essentially a cathedral of the spirit, devoted to the exaltation of men and boasting an apostolic succession of inspired high poets which extends further into the past than the Christian line of St. Peter. See more »Trivia:
His papers are housed in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections at the University of North Dakota's Chester Fritz Library in Grand Forks, North Dakota. See more »Trademark:
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