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Moeller, Philip
Moeller, Philip (1880–1958), director and producer. The native New Yorker was educated at New York University and Columbia before co‐founding the Washington Square Players, where he directed several productions. After that group disbanded, Moeller served in similar capacities for the Theatre Guild. Among the many Guild plays he staged were The Guardsman (1924), They Knew What They Wanted (1924), Ned McCobb's Daughter (1926), The Second Man (1927), Strange Interlude (1928), Dynamo (1929), Hotel Universe (1930), Elizabeth the Queen (1930), Mourning Becomes Electra (1931), Biography (1932), Ah, Wilderness! (1933), and End of Summer (1936). He called himself an “inspirational” director, preferring to let himself and his actors improvise as they rehearsed. Theresa Helburn has written, “His timing was brilliant and in comedy he was unequaled. But he had his blind spots. We used to say rather wistfully that it would be nice if Phil would read a play before he produced it.”
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MoellerPhilip.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MoellerPhilip.html |
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Moeller, Philip
Moeller, Philip (1880–1958),New York playwright, began his career with the Washington Square Players, for whom he wrote one‐act plays such as Helena's Husband (1916), a satirical account of Helen's abduction by Paris. He was best known for Madame Sand (1917), a sophisticated biographical comedy, in which vein he also wrote Molière (1919) and Sophie (1919), the latter concerned with the opera singer Sophie Arnold in the time of Louis XV. Later plays include Camel Through the Needle's Eye (1929) and Fata Morgana (1931), adapted from the Hungarian in collaboration with J.L.A. Burrell. His early one‐act dramas were published as Five Somewhat Historical Plays (1918). He was also well known as a stage director for the Theatre Guild.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MoellerPhilip.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Moeller, Philip." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MoellerPhilip.html |
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