Goldstone, Jean Stock

Jean Stock Goldstone was born ca. 1906. While he earned his living as a theater mechanic, carpenter, and electrician, he wrote plays, collaborated with other playwrights, and adapted plays. In 1941 he was hailed as having an uncanny ability to predict, with almost complete accuracy, whether a play would or would not be a commercial success. For a time, he read plays for Otto Preminger.

From the guide to the Jean Stock Goldstone papers, 1937-1949, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Jean Stock Goldstone was a playwright and an adapter of plays.

His primarily skill however, was his ability to predict the commercial success or failure of a play merely by reading the script. He was best known for his adaptation of Schiller's MARY STUART. He was born around 1906.

From the description of Jean Stock Goldstone papers, 1937-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122486489