Lewis, Robert

Lewis, Robert
▪ 1998

      American actor, drama teacher, and theatre director who cofounded, directed, and performed in the 1930s with the Group Theatre in such plays as Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy before helping to found (1947) the Actors Studio, where for one year he tutored such future stars as Marlon Brando and Karl Malden; he eventually went on to Broadway, where he directed Brigadoon, Teahouse of the August Moon, and Witness for the Prosecution. Lewis taught (1941-76) at the Yale School of Drama and later established his own theatre workshop in New York City (b. March 16, 1909—d. Nov. 23, 1997).

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