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▪ 2001Nathan Richard NusbaumAmerican playwright, screenwriter, and novelist (b. June 7, 1913, Philadelphia, Pa.—d. Dec. 11, 2000, New York, N.Y.), found his greatest success with The Rainmaker, which was a Broadway drama (1954) and a film (1956), was translated into some 40 languages, and was made into the musical 110 in the Shade (1963). He also wrote the screenplay for Porgy and Bess (1959); wrote the books for Broadway musicals, including Wildcat (1960), which he also produced; and published such novels as East Wind, Rain (1977).
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