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Richard Bissell

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Book Writer 1838–1918

Richard Bissell Prosser (25 August 1838 – 18 March 1918) was a patent examiner and a biographical writer. He was the eldest son of Richard Prosser, the Birmingham, England, engineer and inventor. R. B. Prosser was educated at University College School, London where he was a fellow pupil of Joseph Chamberlain. Richard Prosser was heavily involved with the introduction of the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852, and his 700-volume library, combined with that of Bennet Woodcroft, (1803–1879) formed the basis of the Patent Office Library, which opened on 5 March 1854. Richard Prosser died in 1854; in 1856 R. B. Prosser joined the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, London, where he later rose to b…

Also credited on2 works

Damn Yankees
The Pajama Game

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  • After seeing his novel adapted into a successful musical for which he cowrote the script, Richard Bissell was inspired to write Say, Darling , a book about a writer’s observations when his novel is adapted into a musical. This slightly Pirandelloesque approach resulted in the book Say, Darling being adapted into a semi-musical, also calle…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Tony Awards : Best Musical (The Pajama Game ); Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Carol Haney ); Best Authors of a Musical (George Abbott and Richard Bissell ); Best Producers of a Musical (Frederick Brisson , Robert Griffith , and Harold S. Prince ); Best Composer and Lyricist (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ); Best Choreographer (Bob Fos…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Richard Bissell’s 1953 novel 7½ Cents was about labor union problems in a pajama factory in the Midwest; in 1954, he and George Abbott adapted the novel into the libretto for The Pajama Game ; and in 1957 Bissell wrote the novel Say, Darling , which was based on his experience of adapting 7½ Cents into The Pajama Game . To bring matters f…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Richard Adler and Jerry Ross made a rousing musical, The Pajama Game from Richard Bissell's bestseller about labor relations, Seven and a Half Cents. A year later they repeated their success with Damn Yankees, based on Douglass Wallop's The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. Both these shows appeared within a few years of the novels' runs…ebooks/Engel, Lehman/Words with Music_ Creating the Broadway Musical Libretto - Lehman Engel.txt
  • When Frank Loesser was approached to write the score for the musical adaptation of Richard Bissell’s novel, 7½ Cents, he had to turn it down, but he did recommend a young team, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, who had never before written songs for a book musical. Their work — including such hits as “Hey, There” and “Hernando’s Hideaway” — w…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • In 1958, Richard Bissell’s novel, Say, Darling, which the author had based on his experience with The Pajama Game, was itself turned into a musical by Bissell, his wife Marian, and Abe Burrows. Burrows also directed, and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green supplied nine songs. The show ran 10 months.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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