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Frank Craven (August 24, 1875 – September 1, 1945) [1] was an American stage and film actor, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town.
Frank Craven (1875-1945) was a versatile theatrical and film personality who wrote, directed and starred in many plays and movies. He is best known for his role as The Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town (1940), which won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted for the screen.
Aug 28, 2024 · Frank Craven was a versatile American theatre artist who starred in Our Town and wrote comedies. Learn about his life, career, and achievements in this Britannica article.
Shortly after 8 p.m. on January 22, 1938, the veteran actor Frank Craven appeared on stage at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., and began to speak. “This play is called ‘Our Town,’” he said.
Frank Craven was an American stage and film actor, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for originating the role of the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's Our Town.
Frank Craven is known as an Actor, Writer, Theatre Play, Story, Dialogue Coach, Screenplay, Director, and Additional Writing. Some of his work includes Son of Dracula, City for Conquest, In This Our Life, Keeper of the Flame, Miracles for Sale, Barbary Coast, Our Town, and Destiny.
Actor, director and playwright. Once a child actor, he scored his most notable success playing the original Stage Manager ... From: Craven, Frank in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre. Reference entries. Craven, Frank (1875)
