Composers and their stage works 


S[amuel] N[athaniel] Behrman

(1893 - 1973)

American Dramatist. Born Worcester, Mass. 9 June, 1893

Stage Works

Unless otherwise indicated, the plays were first performed in New York.

  1. Bedside Manner. (With Kenyon Nicholson). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1924. Produced Threshold Theatre, 1923.
  2. A Night's Work. (With Kenyon Nicholson). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1926. Produced Peekskill, N.Y., Grand Theatre, June 7, 1924.
  3. The Man Who Forgot. (With Owen Davis). Play.
  4. The Second Man. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1927. Produced Guild Theatre, April 11, 1927.
  5. Love Is Like That. (With Kenyon Nicholson). Romantic comedy, 3 acts. Produced Cort Theatre, April 18, 1927.
  6. Serena Blandish. (Adaptation). Fabulous comedy, 2 acts. Published 1934. Produced Morosco Theatre, Jan. 23, 1929. Based on the novel by Enid Bagnold (1925).
  7. Meteor. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1930. Produced Guild Theatre, December 23, 1929.
  8. Brief Moment. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1931. Produced Belasco Theatre, November 9, 1931.
  9. Biography. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1933. Produced Guild Theatre, December 12, 1932.
  10. A Love Story. Play, 3 acts. Produced Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, December 13, 1933.
  11. Rain from Heaven. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1936. Produced Guild Theatre, February 17, 1936.
  12. Amphitryon 38. (Adaptation). Comedy, prologue and 3 acts. Published 1943. Produced Shubert Theatre, November 1, 1937. Based on Jean Giraudoux's play (1929).
  13. Wine of Choice. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1938. Produced Guild Theatre, February 21, 1938.
  14. No Time for Comedy. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1939. Produced Ethel Barrymore Theatre, April 17, 1939.
  15. The Talley Method. Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1941. Produced Henry Miller's Theatre, February 24, 1941.
  16. The Pirate. (Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1943. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, November 25, 1942. Music: Herbert Kingsley. Based on Ludwig Fulda's Der Seeräuber (1911).
  17. Jacobowsky and the Colonel. (Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1944. Produced Martin Beck Theatre, March 14, 1944. Based on Franz Werfel's Jacobowsky and der Oberst (1944).
  18. Dunnigan's Daughter. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1946. Produced Golden Theatre, December 26, 1945.
  19. I Know My Love. (Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1952. Produced Shubert Theatre, November 2, 1949. Based on Marcel Achard's Auprès de ma blonde
  20. Let Me Hear the Melody. Comedy. Produced Philadelphia, Walnut Stree Theatre, March 12, 1951.
  21. Jane. (Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1952. Produced Coronet Theatre, February 1, 1952. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's story.
  22. Fanny. (Adaptation). Musical play, 2 acts. Published 1955. Produced Majestic Theatre, November 4, 1954. Music and lyrics: Harold Rome. Based on Marcel Pagnol's Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), and César (1946).
  23. The Cold Wind and the Warm. Play, 3 acts. Published 1959. Produced Morosco Theatre, December 8, 1958.
  24. Lord Pengo. Comedy drama, 3 acts. Published 1963. Produced Royale Theatre, November 19, 1962. Based on Behrman's The Days of Duveen.
  25. But for Whom Charlie. Play, 3 acts. Published 1964. Produced ANTA, Washington Square Theatre (Lincoln Center Drama Repertory Company), March 12, 1964.