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Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a husband-and-wife writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their plays, was born in Bachmut, Ukraine. [1]
Samuel Spewack. Samuel Spewack (1899-1971) and Bella Spewack (1899-1990) met while working as journalists and married in 1922. Bella’s youth was chronicled in Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (1995, Feminist Press).
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli ...
My Three Angels is a comedy play by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The play is based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson, and is their only play that is regularly performed in repertory theater.
Samuel Spewack was a Ukranian-born screenwriter and playwright who worked extensively with his wife, Bella. The couple wrote the libretto for Kiss Me, Kate, the first musical to win a Tony Award. Their best known straight play was My Three Angels, which was adapted as the film We're No Angels.
Apr 4, 2019 · Perhaps it’s no surprise that the book of Kiss Me, Kate--full of romantic discord and backstage shenanigans--was penned by veteran husband-and-wife playwriting team Samuel and Bella Spewack.
Bella Spewack, in collaboration with her husband Sam, is known for writing some of the most memorable works of musical theater history, including Leave It to Me (1938) and Kiss Me Kate (1948). The Spewacks also wrote screenplays for several 1940s Hollywood hits, such as Weekend at the Waldorf.
