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Jerome Alden

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Book Writer 1921–1997

Jerome Alden (March 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American playwright and screenwriter for television and documentary films. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon. He wrote the one-man play Bully, about Theodore Roosevelt, and the book for the musical Teddy & Alice, which was also about the Roosevelt family. Both productions appeared on Broadway. Alden was married to a ballerina, Barbara Gaye, who danced in the original Broadway productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Our Town. They were the parents of opera directors Christopher Alden and David Alden.

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Teddy & Alice

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  • Playwright Jerome Alden informed me, “I have written a new one-character play about Abraham Lincoln, and since you already know the Gettysburg Address, it wouldn’t be too hard for you to learn the rest of the million lines.”ebooks/Schoenfeld, Gerald/Mr. Broadway_ The Inside Story of the Shuberts, the Shows, and the Stars - Gerald Schoenfeld.txt
  • 96 Jerome Alden (1921–97) was a playwright and screenwriter, whose work included a play about Theodore Roosevelt, Bully .ebooks/Unknown/Alan Jay Lerner_ A Lyricist's Letters - Unknown.txt
  • BULLY By Jerome Alden; Director, Peter H. Hunt; Setting and Costumes, John Conklin; Lighting, Peter H. Hunt; General Management, Theatre Now, Inc. (William Court Cohen, Edward H. Davis); ProducSupervisor, Mitch Miller; Production Assistants, Sam tion Anderson, Joel Rosenzweig, Raul Moncada; A George Spota and International presentation; O…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt

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