Robert E. Sherwood

Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April1896?14 November1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter.

Plays

• The Road to Rome (1927) - adapted into the 1927 film The Private Life of Helen of Troy
• The Love Nest (1927)
• The Queen's Husband (1928) - adapted into the 1931 film The Royal Bed.
• Waterloo Bridge (1930) - adapted into a 1931 film.
• This is New York (1930) - adapted into the 1932 film Two Kinds of Women.
• Reunion in Vienna (1931) - adapted into a 1933 film.
• Acropolis (1933)
• The Petrified Forest (1935) - adapted into 1936 film with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis.
• Tovarich (1935) - adapted into a 1937 film.
• Idiot's Delight (1936) Pulitzer Prize for Drama - adapted into 1939 film
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938) Pulitzer Prize for Drama - adapted into 1940 film. See Abe Lincoln in Illinois (movie).
• There Shall Be No Night (1940) Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
• The Rugged Path (1945)