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theatre until 1924, and continued to co-own the theatre with the Shuberts until his death in 1952. He was survived by his wife, director and playwright
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theatre owner/manager, director, producer and playwright. His plays were most popular from the late 1890s into the 1920s.
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His work was once described as one "who had a knack for the sort of melodrama that poses as a serious study of morals."
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he co-authored both the book and lyrics to the 1903 Broadway musical
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for the last ten years of his life, and he is buried there.
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which was created as a starring vehicle for the actress
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Broadhurst wrote almost 30 plays, including the farces
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The Sketch

Anglo-American
Walsall
Milwaukee
Baltimore
San Francisco
Shubert brothers
Broadhurst Theatre
eponymous
Lillian Trimble Bradley
Santa Barbara, California
What Happened to Jones
Frederic Ranken
Nancy Brown
Marie Cahill


"George Broadhurst's Plays"
The Herald
"G. Broadhurst, 85, Playwright, Dead, Author of 'Wrong Mr. Wright,' 'A Fool and His Money' and Many Other Hit Shows"
The New York Times
The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism
The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN
9781538168943
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 3rd ed.
Works by George Howells Broadhurst

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