Freund, Philip, 1909-2007

Philip Freund, playwright.

From the description of Prince Hamlet: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164214

Theater historian, writer, educator.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Philip Freund graduated from Cornell in 1929. While at Cornell, he wrote for and edited a literary journal, The Columns, and after graduation, started a small publishing firm. He taught courses in creative writing, film, and entertainment and the arts at Hunter College (1946-1978), Cornell (1948), the University of British Columbia (1949-1951), and Fordham University (1960-1979). He published 8 novels, 13 plays, and 9 short-story collections, as well as poetry, essays, literary criticism, and other non-fiction. for the last 30 years of his life, he researched and wrote a four-volume comprehensive history of the theater, Stage by Stage."

From the description of Philip Freund papers, [ca. 1929-2007]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 463967554