Taylor, Samuel

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 579 words | Copyright

Taylor, Samuel (1912–2000), playwright. Born in Chicago, he was raised in San Francisco and attended the University of California. Taylor was a writer for radio and a play reader before The Happy Time (1950), his dramatization of Robert Fontaine's novel, gave him his first success. His other memorable comedies were Sabrina Fair (1953), the story of a chauffeur's daughter and a rich man; and The Pleasure of His Company (1958), in which a playboy father returns home to complicate his daughter's wedding plans. He also wrote the book for the musical No Strings (1962).

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