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Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955

LC control no.n 80017631
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3537.H825
Personal name headingSherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955
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Variant(s)Šarwed, Robart ʼImant, 1896-1955
Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896-1955.
See alsoFamily: Emmet (Family : 1791- : Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1764-1827)
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Birth date1895-04-04
Death date1955-11-14
Place of birthNew Rochelle (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityPlaywriting Motion picture authorship Motion picture plays
Profession or occupationScreenwriters Dramatists, American
Scriptwriters
Dramatists
Special noteSubstitute
Found inHis The road to Rome, 1927.
Contemporary authors on Infotrac, Feb. 22, 2006 (Robert E(mmet) Sherwood; b. Apr. 4, 1896, New Rochelle, NY, d. Nov. 14, 1955, New York, NY; playwright and screenwriter)
The Playwrights' Company present ... Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1938 or 1939: p. 12 (The Playwrights' Company, consisting of the playwrights Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, and Robert E. Sherwood, formed as their own producing company)
Finding Aid to the Emmet Family papers ... in the Archives of American Art: biographical note (family descended from patriot Thomas Addis Emmet; member Robert Emmet Sherwood (1896-1955), playwright)
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Associated languageeng