Traube, Shepard, 1907-1983

Shepard Traube (1907-1983) was a theatrical producer and writer.

Mr. Traube's theatrical career included producing and directing "Angel Street," one of Broadway's longest running plays, in the early 1940's. In 1931 he directed and produced "No More Frontiers" for Broadway. But his first productions to win crtical acclaim were "Precedent" at the Provincetown Theater in 1932 and a Broadway entry, "A Thousand Summers," the same year, which was co-produced with Arch Selwyn and starred Jane Cowl, Franchot Tone, Osgood Perkins and Josephine Hull. In the years that followed, he brought to Broadway "Winter Soldiers;" Sidney Kingsley's "The Patriots," which won the New York Drama Critics award; "The Gioconda Smile," with Basil Rathbone and Valerie Taylor; a 1951 revival of "The Green Bay Tree," with Joseph Schildkraut, Denholm Elliott and Anne Crawford; "Time Out for Ginger," with Melvyn Douglas; "The Girl in Pink Tights," with Jeanmaire; and "Holiday for Lovers" with Don Ameche.

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