Composers and their stage works 

Robert E(dwin) Lee

American playwright. Born in Elyria, Ohio, 15 October 1918

Stage Works

  1. Inside a Kid's Head, with Jerome Lawrence. 1945.
  2. Look, Ma, I'm Dancin', with Jerome Lawrence, music by Hugh Martin, conceived by Jerome Robbins (produced 1948).
  3. The Crocodile Smile, with Jerome Lawrence (as The Laugh Maker, produced 1952; revised version, as Turn on the Night, produced 1961; revised version, as The Crocodile Smile, produced 1970)
  4. Inherit the Wind, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1955)
  5. Shangri-La, with Jerome Lawrence and James Hilton, music by Harry Warren,
    adaptation of the novel Lost Horizon by Hilton (produced 1956)
  6. Auntie Mame, with Jerome Lawrence, adaptation of the work by Patrick
    Dennis (produced 1956). 1957; revised version, music by Jerry Herman, as Mame (produced 1966)
  7. The Gang's All Here, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1959)
  8. Only in America, with Jerome Lawrence, adaptation of the work by Harry Golden (produced 1959)
  9. A Call on Kuprin, with Jerome Lawrence, adaptation of the novel by Maurice Edelman (produced 1961)
  10. Sparks Fly Upward, with Jerome Lawrence (as Diamond Orchid, produced
    1965; revised version, as Sparks Fly Upward, produced 1967)
  11. Dear World, with Jerome Lawrence, music by Jerry Herman, based on The
    Madwoman of Chaillot     by Giraudoux (produced 1969)
  12. The Incomparable Max, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1969)
  13. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1970)
  14. Jabberwock: Improbabilities Lived and Imagined by James Thurber in the Fictional City of Columbus, Ohio, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1972)
  15. Ten Days That Shook the World, based on reports from Russia by John Reed (also director: produced 1973)
  16. First Monday in October, with Jerome Lawrence (produced 1975)
  17. Sounding Brass (produced 1975)
  18. Whisper in the Mind, with Norman Cousins and Jerome Lawrence (produced 1990).
SCREENPLAYS, with Jerome Lawrence
  1. My Love Affair with the Human Race, 1962;
  2. The New Yorkers, 1963;
  3. Joyous Season, 1964;
  4. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, 1972;
  5. First Monday in October, 1982; with John Sinn—Quintus, 1971.
RADIO PLAYS:
  1. Empire Builders series, 1938;
  2. Opened by Mistake, 1940;
  3. Flashbacks series, 1940—41;
  4. Three Sheets to the Wind, 1942;
  5. Task Force, 1942;
  6. Ceiling Unlimited, 1942;
  7. Meet Corliss Archer, 1942;
  8. Suspense, 1943;
  9. The Saint 1945; with Jerome Lawrence—Columbia Workshop series, 1941—42;
  10. Armed Forces Radio Service Programs, 1942—45;
  11. The World We're Fighting For series, 1943;
  12. Request Performance series, 1945—46;
  13. Screen Guild Theatre series, 1946;
  14. Favorite Story series, 1946—49;
  15. Frank Sinatra Show, 1947;
  16. Dinah Shore Program, 1948;
  17. The Railroad Hour, 1948—54;
  18. Young Love series, 1949—50;
  19. United Nations Broadcasts, 1949—50;
  20. Halls of Ivy series, 1950—51;
  21. Hallmark Playhouse series, 1950—51;
  22. Charles Boyer Show, 1951;
  23. other freelance and special programs, 1941—50.

TELEVISION PLAYS:
  1. A Colloquy with Paul, 1961; with Jerome Lawrence—The Unexpected series, 1951;
  2. Favorite Story series, 1952—53;
  3. Song of Norway, 1957;
  4. West Point, 1958;
  5. Actor, music by Billy Goldenburg, 1978.