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Philip Bartholomae

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Book Writer 1880–1947

Philip Bartholomae (July 3, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was an American playwright, lyricist, screenwriter, and theatre director. He wrote many plays and musicals which were staged on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, several of which were adapted into films with screenplays by Bartholomae. His first successful play was Over Night (1911) which was also the first play he adapted into a film in 1915. His best known stage work, Very Good Eddie (1915), was a musical adaptation of Over Night which Bartholomae created in collaboration with Guy Bolton and composer Jerome Kern. It was a Broadway hit when it premiered, and enjoyed long running revivals on Broadway and the West End in the 1970s. That work…

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Very Good Eddie

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  • VERY GOOD EDDIE by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton, Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics by Schuyler Greene; Director, BT McNicholl; Scenic Design, John Coyne; Costume Design, Suzy Benzinger; Lighting Design,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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