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S. N. Behrman

S. N. Behrman

9 June 1893 – 9 September 1973

100 works on record

Biography

S. N. Behrman, in full Samuel Nathaniel Behrman, was an American short-story writer and playwright who studied drama at Harvard. Behrman wrote more than two dozen comedies during his 40-year career, and nearly every one of them was a hit. He also wrote many short stories, two biographies, and a number of screenplays. His work is closely associated with the Theatre Guild. Behrman was best known for popular Broadway plays that commented on contemporary moral issues. His first play, *The Second Man* (1927), was an immediate success, and Behrman followed it with a string of successes. Behrman wrote about the wealthy, intellectual sector of society, endowing his characters with eloquence and intelligence. He is distinguished among popular playwrights for introducing volatile and complicated issues into his plays and for refusing to create shallow characters. Source: [Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/biography/S-N-Behrman)

Works

Tribulations and laughter

Tribulations and laughter

1972

Tribulations and laughter

Tribulations and laughter

1972

People in a diary

People in a diary

1972

The Burning Glass

The Burning Glass

1968

The suspended drawing room

The suspended drawing room

1965

But for whom Charlie

But for whom Charlie

1964

Lord Pengo

Lord Pengo

1963

Conversation with Max

Conversation with Max

1960

Portrait of Max

Portrait of Max

1960

The cold wind and the warm

The cold wind and the warm

1959

The cold wind and the warm

The cold wind and the warm

1959

Famous American plays of the 1930s

Famous American plays of the 1930s

1959

The Worcester account

The Worcester account

1955

The Worcester account

The Worcester account

1954

The Worchester account

The Worchester account

1954

Duveen

Duveen

1952

Duveen

1952

Jane

Jane

1952

4 plays

1952

Duveen

Duveen

1952

Dunnigan's daughter

Dunnigan's daughter

1946

The pirate

1943

The Talley method

The Talley method

1941

No time for comedy

No time for comedy

1939

No time for comedy

No time for comedy

1939

Wine of choice

1938

End of summer

End of summer

1936

End of summer, a play in three acts

End of summer, a play in three acts

1936

Rain from heaven

Rain from heaven

1936

Rain from heaven, a play in three acts

Rain from heaven, a play in three acts

1935

Three plays

1934

Biography

Biography

1933

Brief moment

1931

Meteor

1930

The second man

The second man

1927

I know my love

Jane

Duveen

Portrait of Max

Portrait of Max

People in a diary

People in a diary

The Best Plays of 1937-38 and the Year Book of the Drama In America

The Best Plays of 1937-38 and the Year Book of the Drama In America

Duveen

The cold wind and the warm

The cold wind and the warm

Representative Modern Plays, American

Representative Modern Plays, American

4 plays: The second man, Biography, Rain from heaven, End of summer

4 plays: The second man, Biography, Rain from heaven, End of summer

The pirate

The pirate

Conversation with Max

Conversation with Max

The Worcester account

The Worcester account

Portrait of Max; an intimate memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm

Portrait of Max; an intimate memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm

4 plays

Duveen

The burning glass

The burning glass

Jane

Jane

Jane

Duveen

Duveen

Duveen - Antikacilarin Piri

Duveen - Antikacilarin Piri

People in a Diary

People in a Diary

Jane - A comedy based on an original story by W. Somerset Maugham

Jane - A comedy based on an original story by W. Somerset Maugham

Lord Pengo

No time for comedy

No time for comedy

No Time For Comedy

No Time For Comedy

FOUR PLAYS BY S.N. NEHRMAN : THE SECOND MAN : BIOGRAPHY : RAIN FROM HEAVEN

FOUR PLAYS BY S.N. NEHRMAN : THE SECOND MAN : BIOGRAPHY : RAIN FROM HEAVEN

The talley method

The talley method

Meteor

Six Plays of 1939

Six Plays of 1939

The suspended drawing room

The suspended drawing room

But for whom Charlie

But for whom Charlie

End of summer

The Second Man. a Comedy in Three Acts

The Second Man. a Comedy in Three Acts

The second man

Fanny

The Talley method

The Talley method

The Worcester account

The Worcester account

S.N.BEHRMAN PORTRAIT OF MAX~1960

S.N.BEHRMAN PORTRAIT OF MAX~1960

Jane

I know my love

Brief moment, a comedy in three acts

Brief moment, a comedy in three acts

End of summer,

Lord Pengo

Lord Pengo

The cold wind and the warm

The cold wind and the warm

The burning glass

The burning glass

The cold wind and the warm

The cold wind and the warm

Jacobowsky and the colonel

Jacobowsky and the colonel

Rain from heaven

Rain from heaven

Amphitryon 38

LORD PENGO A Comedy in Three Acts

LORD PENGO A Comedy in Three Acts

Portrait of Max;

Portrait of Max;

But for whom Charlie

But for whom Charlie

Zhuan ji

Anna Karenina (1935)

Anna Karenina (1935)

No time for comedy

No time for comedy

Wine of Choice

The pirate

Conversation with Max [Beerbohm]

Conversation with Max [Beerbohm]

Cold Wind and the Warm

Cold Wind and the Warm

A Golden Treasury of Jewish Literature

A Golden Treasury of Jewish Literature

No Time For Comedy (French's Standard Library Edition, Pocket Sized)

No Time For Comedy (French's Standard Library Edition, Pocket Sized)

Coversation with Max

Coversation with Max

Three plays,

Author data from Open Library.