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Robert Fisher

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Book Writer 1922–2008 On stage 18871923

Robert "Bob" Fisher (September 21, 1922 – September 19, 2008) was an American playwright, and television and film screenwriter mostly of situational comedy.

On stage 7 productions, 36 years

1887 The Deacon's Daughter Union Square Theatre · Original · directed by M. C. Daly 43 perf.
1912 Chains Criterion Theatre · Original 1 perf.
1912 What Ails You? Criterion Theatre · Original 24 perf.
1915 Fair and Warmer Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre · Original 377 perf.
1920 The Passion Flower Greenwich Village Theatre · Original 144 perf.
1922 Springtime of Youth Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by John Harwood 68 perf.
1923 Pride Morosco Theatre · Original 13 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Desmond Kelley 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Minnie’s Boys

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In the literature2 passages

  • book by Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher eplacing Burt | Shevelove, who replaced David Steinberg) based on the lives of the Marx Brotherstheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • MINNIE’S BOYS IN CONCERT: THE MARX BROTHERS MUSICAL Music by Larry Grossman; Book by Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher; A new concert adaptation of the musical which opened at the Imperial Theatre on March 26, 1970. Adapted and Directed by Walter Willison; Musical Direction, New Vocal Arrangements by Fred Barton;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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