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Herschel S. Steinhardt

Born: 05/21/1910   Zambrow , Poland
Died: 12/25/2005
Parents: Abraham Steinhardt, Zelda Steinhardt
Children: Joyce, Judie
Address(es):
Last Known
Oak Park   MI
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of "Write your plays on toilet paper", or "A playwrights life" : a memoir "Write your plays on toilet paper", or "A playwrights life" : a memoir Biography Adult Detroit : Harlo 1998
Fathers and daughters : a play in three acts
- Former title: A Jealous God. 		Drama Adult Louisville, KY Aran Press 1995
A man's household are his enemy : a play in two acts
- Originally published: The Devil's workshop, 1990. 		Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1993
Our Daily Bread : a play in two acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY Aran Press 1993
The Hand of the potter : a play in two acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY Aran Press 1992
The third hour of the night : a memory play Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1992
Men without names : a play in two acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1991
The artistic street cleaner : a comedy of errors Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1991
The big dollar : a play in three acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY (1320 S. Third St., Louisville 40208) : Aran Press 1991
The red ball : a comedy of thievery in three acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1991
A jealous God: A play in three acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY: Aran Press 1991
A little sunshine : (four one acts on autumn life), a little girl remembers, my business is old flesh, a marriage proposal, I live in a cemetary Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1990
Children of flesh : a play of "impossible things" ; Gates of heaven : a one-act play for children Drama Adult , Children Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1990
I never went to Pittsburgh : a tale of laughter in two acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY (1320 S. Third St., Louisville, 40208) : Aran Press 1990
The power of the dog : a modern morality play Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1990
The wind and the rain : three one act plays
- Content: The wind and the rain -- The worthy lawyer and the dumb Shephard -- He will know. 		Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1990
Before the morning : a play in three acts Drama Adult Louisville, KY : Aran Press 1989
A star in heaven : a play in three acts
- Originally produced in Detroit 		Drama Adult New York : New Voices Pub. Co. 1966
Sons of men; a play in three acts Drama Adult New York: Bookman Associates 1959
- Unpublished play, student theater, Wayne State University, and others in New York Fiction 1955
Plays: No One Walks Alone Fiction American Jewish Committee (first on radio) 1946

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: Yes

Skills:
Author
Other - Playwright

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd and 3rd editions 1993
Contemporary Authors

Memberships:

Name Date
National Playwrights Directory

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Hunter College of The City University of New York New York , NY 1946 -1947
New School for Social Research New York , NY 1938 -1940
Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1930 -1931

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Press Representative Displaced Persons Program New York , NY 1944 -1952
Writer
- Worked under Emmet Lavery 		Federal Theater Project New York , NY 1938 -1940
Theater usher, newsboy Detroit , MI

Other Resources:

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