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Drama


1996 Jack Tinker, drama critic, dies at 58

1996 Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76

1995 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90

1990 General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC

1989 Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC

1987 August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama

1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)

1971 Maude Fealy, drama coach, dies at 90

1961 "Detectives," TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV

1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

1960 "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV

1960 "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV

1958 "Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV

1953 "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS

1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)

1947 Michael Coveney, drama critic

1946 Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)

1938 Jack Tinker, drama critic

1927 Clive Barnes, drama critic, New York Times, New York Post

1927 Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama

1922 GMcC Kitson, British principal, Central School of Speech/Drama

1917 "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in New York City

1913 Walter Kerr, New York drama critic, Sad Clowns

1905 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher

1894 Brooks Atkinson, drama critic, Broadway theater namesake

1858 William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"



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