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Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)
Judah, Samuel B[enjamin] H[elbert] (1804–76), playwright. Shortly after graduating from college in his native New York he wrote his first play, The Mountain Torrent (1820), followed by the revenge melodrama, The Rose of Arragon (1822). After the premiere of his historical comedy, A Tale of Lexington (1922), he devoted the rest of his life to practicing law. Although most scholars condemn Judah's writing as absurdly stilted and his dramatic scenes as minimal, the plays were not unpopular in their day.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-JudahSamuelBenjaminHelbrt.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-JudahSamuelBenjaminHelbrt.html |
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Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)
Judah, Samuel B[enjamin] H[elbert] (1804–76), youthful author of The Mountain Torrent (1820) and The Rose of Arragon (1823), melodramas produced in his native New York; Odofriede (1822), a dramatic poem; A Tale of Lexington (1823), a three‐act comedy; Gotham and the Gothamites (1823), a verse satire attacking identifiable contemporaries; and The Buccaneers (1827), a romance issued under the pseudonym Terentius Phlogobombos. The rest of his long life was devoted to the law.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JudahSamuelBenjaminHelbrt.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Judah, Samuel B(enjamin) H(elbert)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JudahSamuelBenjaminHelbrt.html |
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