Lindsay and Crouse

Lindsay and Crouse

▪ American dramatists
      American duo responsible for coauthoring humorous plays and collaborating on theatrical productions. Howard Lindsay (b. March 29, 1889, Waterford, N.Y., U.S.—d. Feb. 11, 1968, New York, N.Y.) and Russel Crouse (b. Feb. 20, 1893, Findlay, Ohio, U.S.—d. April 3, 1966, New York, N.Y.) were notable both for their continual successes and for the way they complemented each other's talents.

      Prior to meeting Crouse, Lindsay had already gained experience as an actor, director, and playwright, traveling for 42 weeks in the production of Polly of the Circus. Crouse's early experience was primarily journalistic, although he did write a libretto for The Gang's All Here (1931), which ran for only two weeks. He also wrote several nostalgic books in the early 1930s about 19th-century America.

      While trying to salvage a play in 1933, producer Vinton Freedley paired the talents of Lindsay and Crouse. The result was Anything Goes (1934) and a partnership that was to expand and mature over the following years. Their longest-playing drama was a 1939 production based on Clarence Day's book Life with Father, which ran for 7 1/2 years (3,213 performances) and in which Lindsay played Father opposite his real-life wife, Dorothy Stickney. When Lindsay and Crouse were offered Arsenic and Old Lace in 1940, they tried their hands at theatrical production, and the result was another success. In 1946 the pair won the Pulitzer Prize in drama for State of the Union (1945), which was a satire of American politics. Sections of this play were rewritten every day to correspond to actual events. They also wrote the libretto for the play The Sound of Music (1959).

      Lindsay and Crouse's work had a universal appeal, created by a blend of Lindsay's theatrical knowledge and Crouse's sharp wit. Together they had a gift for transforming ideas into extremely popular musicals and plays.

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