Bernard Sobel

Bernard Sobel (1887–1964) was an American playwright, a drama critic for the New York Daily Mirror, an author of a number of books on theatre and theatre history, and a publicist.

Bernard Sobel
Born	1887 Attica, Indiana
Died	1964 (aged 76–77) New York City
Occupation	Author, publicist
Nationality	American
Genre	Drama

Career

Among his clients were Florenz Ziegfeld, Charles Dillingham, A. L. Erlanger, and Lee, Sam, and Jacob Shubert.^[1]

A collection of Bernard Sobel's papers from 1923-1962 is in the possession of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He was born in Attica, Indiana^[1] and died in New York City.^[2]

Select works

Plays

• Jennie Knows (1913)
• Mrs. Bompton's Dinner Party (1913)
• There's Always A Reason (1913)

Articles

• Sobel, Bernard (1929), "The Language Of The Theatre", The Bookman: A Review of Books and Life, 69, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, OCLC 228771241

Books

• Sobel, Bernard (1931), Burleycue; An Underground History of Burlesque Days, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, OCLC 1808911
• Sobel, Bernard (1933), The Indiscret Girl, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, OCLC 24040918
• Sobel, Bernard (1940), The Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays, New York: Crown Publishers, OCLC 9596386
• Sobel, Bernard (1953), Broadway Heartbeat: Memoirs of a Press Agent, New York: Hermitage House, OCLC 1514676
• Sobel, Bernard (1956), A Pictorial History of Burlesque, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, OCLC 265486
• Sobel, Bernard (1961), A Pictorial History of Vaudeville, New York: Citadel Press, OCLC 300831
• Sobel, Bernard (1959), The New Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays, New York: Crown Publishers, OCLC 297270487

References

1. Bordman, Gerald Martin; Hischak, Thomas S., eds. (2004), "Bernard Sobel", The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 580, ISBN 978-0-19-516986-7, OCLC 53138731
2. "Necrology", Wisconsin Alumnus, 65 (8), Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Alumni Association: 31, May 1964, OCLC 6525962

External links

• Bernard Sobel papers, 1823-1965 (bulk 1901-1965), held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts