Fields, Herbert

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Fields, Herbert (1897–1958), librettist. Son of Lew Fields and brother of Dorothy Fields and Joseph Fields, he was born in New York and educated at Columbia before turning his hand to librettos. His earliest work, done with Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, was considered to be among the most advanced and sophisticated of its day. His works included Dearest Enemy (1925), The Girl Friend (1926), Peggy Ann (1926), Hit the Deck! (1927), A Connecticut Yankee (1927), Present Arms (1928), Chee‐Chee (1928), Hello, Daddy (1928), Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), The New Yorkers (1930), America's Sweetheart (1931), Pardon My English (1933), Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), and Panama Hattie (1940). After 1941, all his works were collaborations with his sister: Let's Face It! (1941), Something for the Boys (1943), Mexican Hayride (1944), Up in Central Park (1945), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Arms and the Girl (1950), By the Beautiful Sea (1954), and Redhead (1959).

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