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Sherwood, Robert Emmet
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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Date: 19960101
Author:PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND
Sherwood, Robert Emmet
(1896–1955), American dramatist, who scored a success with his first play The Road to Rome (1927; London, 1928), a satirical treatment of Hannibal's march across the Alps which deflated military glory. It was followed by The Love Nest (also 1927), based on a short story by Ring Lardner, and The Queen's Husband (1928; London, 1931), which drew an amusing portrait of a henpecked king. Waterloo Bridge and This is New York (both 1930) were failures, but with his next play, Reunion in Vienna (1931; London, 1934), brilliantly interpreted by the Lunts, ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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