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Burns Mantle

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American theater critic (1873–1948)

Burns Mantle
Born
Robert Burns Mantle

(1873-12-23)December 23, 1873
Watertown,New York, United States
DiedFebruary 9, 1948(1948-02-09) (aged 74)
Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States
OccupationNewspapertheatre critic, screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreTheatre criticism

Robert Burns Mantle (December 23, 1873 – February 9, 1948) was an Americantheater critic andscreenwriter. He founded theBest Plays annual publication in 1920.[1][2]

Biography

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Mantle was born inWatertown,New York, on December 23, 1873, to Robert Burns Mantle and Susan Lawrence. As a child he moved toDenver, Colorado.

By 1892, he was working as alinotype machine operator inCalifornia and then became a reporter.

By the late 1890s, Mantle was working as a drama critic for theDenver Times. He later moved toChicago,Illinois, and thenNew York City,New York, in 1911.[1] He was at theNew York Evening Mail until 1922, and then theDaily News until his retirement in 1943. Mantle was succeeded as the drama critic at theDaily News by his assistant John Arthur Chapman.[3][4]

He died, aged 74, ofstomach cancer on February 9, 1948.[1][5]

His wife was the former Lydia (Lillie) Sears; her sisterClara Sears Taylor was a journalist and government official who assisted Mantle with compiling hisBest Plays publications.[6]

References

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  1. ^abc"Burns Mantle Is Dead, Former Drama Critic".The Gazette. Associated Press. February 10, 1948. Retrieved2012-12-17.Burns Mantle, 74, veteran drama critic noted for his annual compilations of the 'Best Plays' of the year, died today of cancer of the stomach. A drama critic in New York since 1911 Mantle served ...
  2. ^Chansky, Dorothy (2011)."Burns Mantle and the American Theatregoing Public", inTheatre History Studies (viaGoogle Books). Vol. 31.
  3. ^Staff (August 16, 1943).Burns Mantle Quits as Drama Reviewer".Associated Press (viaThe Gazette viaGoogle News). Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  4. ^Abstract (August 15, 1943)."Burns Mantle Retires".The New York Times.(subscription required) for full article.
  5. ^"Burns Mantle, 74, Drama Critic, Dies – Dear of Reviewers Here, Noted as Anthologist of Best Plays, Served The News 21 Years".The New York Times. February 10, 1948. Retrieved2012-12-17.
  6. ^Brooks Atkinson,"Keeper of the Drama's Books"The New York Times (September 11, 1938): 185.

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