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'''Saul Levitt''' (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play [[The Andersonville Trial]], which was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.<ref name="Kleiman 1977">{{cite news| last=Kleiman | first=Dena | title=Saul Levitt, Playwright, Dies; Wrote ‘The Andersonville Trial’ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=1 September 1977 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/01/archives/saul-levitt-playwright-dies-wrote-the-andersonville-trial.html | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>

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'''Saul Levitt''' (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]'', based on [[MacKinlay Kantor]]'s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel ''[[Andersonville (novel)|Andersonville]]''. Levitt's play was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.<ref name="Kleiman 1977">{{cite news| last=Kleiman | first=Dena | title=Saul Levitt, Playwright, Dies; Wrote 'The Andersonville Trial' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=1 September 1977 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/01/archives/saul-levitt-playwright-dies-wrote-the-andersonville-trial.html | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>


Levitt was born in [[New York City]]<ref name="Kleiman 1977"/> and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.<ref name="Home 1943">{{cite web | title=100th Bomb Group (Heavy) Foundation | website=Home | date=10 October 1943 | url=https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229 | access-date= December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kleiman 1977"/>
Levitt was born in [[New York City]]<ref name="Kleiman 1977"/> and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.<ref name="Home 1943">{{cite web | title=100th Bomb Group (Heavy) Foundation | website=Home | date=10 October 1943 | url=https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229 | access-date= December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kleiman 1977"/>


Levitt served with the US Army Air Corps in WWII as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group,<ref name="Wald 2011 p. 197">{{cite book | last=Wald | first=A.M. | title=Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade | publisher=University of North Carolina Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-8078-8236-8 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EJ7lFKljctAC&pg=PA197 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=197}}</ref> flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of Yank Magazine,<ref name="Home 1943"/> where he wrote and published a number of articles about his Group's experiences flying an fighting the war.
Levitt served with the [[United States Army Air Corps]] in [[World War II]] as a [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]] bomber crewman with the [[100th Bomb Group]],<ref name="Wald 2011 p. 197">{{cite book | last=Wald | first=A.M. | title=Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade | publisher=University of North Carolina Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-8078-8236-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ7lFKljctAC&pg=PA197 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=197}}</ref> flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of [[Yank, the Army Weekly|''Yank'' magazine]],<ref name="Home 1943"/> where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.

Levitt won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Journalism after the war.<ref name="Niemi 2006 p. 19">{{cite book | last=Niemi | first=R. | title=History in the Media: Film and Television | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-57607-952-2 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WVFhcBcv_X8C&pg=PA19 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=19}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
*''The Sun is Silent'' (1951)<ref name="Levitt 1951">{{cite book | last=Levitt | first=S. | title=The Sun is Silent | publisher=Harper | year=1951 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kEhCAAAAIAAJ | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wald 2011 p. 197"/>
*''The Sun is Silent'' (1951)<ref name="Levitt 1951">{{cite book | last=Levitt | first=S. | title=The Sun is Silent | publisher=Harper | year=1951 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEhCAAAAIAAJ | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Wald 2011 p. 197"/>
*''The Andersonville Trial'' (1960)<ref name="Holsinger 1999 p. 81">{{cite book | last=Holsinger | first=M.P. | title=War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia | publisher=Greenwood Press | series=Occupational Safety and Health Guide | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-313-29908-7 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Oe4AOVHkJ9oC&pg=PA81 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=81}}</ref><ref name="Kabatchnik 2011 p. 335">{{cite book | last=Kabatchnik | first=A. | title=Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-8108-7784-9 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=REMTpknTAQYC&pg=PA335 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=335}}</ref>
*''The Andersonville Trial'' (1960)<ref name="Holsinger 1999 p. 81">{{cite book | last=Holsinger | first=M.P. | title=War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia | publisher=Greenwood Press | series=Occupational Safety and Health Guide | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-313-29908-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe4AOVHkJ9oC&pg=PA81 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=81}}</ref><ref name="Kabatchnik 2011 p. 335">{{cite book | last=Kabatchnik | first=A. | title=Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-8108-7784-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REMTpknTAQYC&pg=PA335 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=335}}</ref>
*''The True Glory'' (1945)<ref name="Samuel French – Licensing Plays 2017">{{cite web | title=Saul Levitt | website=Samuel French – Plays | date=20 November 2017 | url=http://www.samuelfrench.com/author/4460/saul-levitt | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Peabody Awards">{{cite web | title=The Andersonville Trial | website=The Peabody Awards | url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-andersonville-trial | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
*''The True Glory'' (1945)<ref name="Samuel French – Licensing Plays 2017">{{cite web | title=Saul Levitt | website=Samuel French – Plays | date=20 November 2017 | url=http://www.samuelfrench.com/author/4460/saul-levitt | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Peabody Awards">{{cite web | title=The Andersonville Trial | website=The Peabody Awards | url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-andersonville-trial | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
*''A Covenant with Death'' (1967)<ref name="Samuel French – Licensing Plays 2017"/>
*''A Covenant with Death'' (1967)<ref name="Samuel French – Licensing Plays 2017"/>
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==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation for: ''The Andersonville Trial'' (1970) (TV)<ref name="Broadway on Video Database (BroadwayWorld.com)">{{cite web | title=The Andersonville Trial on DVD/Blu-ray 2012 | website=Broadway on Video Database (BroadwayWorld.com) | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/video/The-Andersonville-Trial-1970 | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Brooks Marsh 2009 p. 1640">{{cite book | last=Brooks | first=T. | last2=Marsh | first2=E.F. | title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1640 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=1640}}</ref><ref name="Browne Browne 2001 p. 38">{{cite book | last=Browne | first=R.B. | last2=Browne | first2=P. | title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture | publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-87972-821-2 | url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&pg=PA38 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=38}}</ref>
* [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation for: ''The Andersonville Trial'' (1970) (TV)<ref name="Broadway on Video Database (BroadwayWorld.com)">{{cite web | title=The Andersonville Trial on DVD/Blu-ray 2012 | website=Broadway on Video Database (BroadwayWorld.com) | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/video/The-Andersonville-Trial-1970 | access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Brooks Marsh 2009 p. 1640">{{cite book | last1=Brooks | first1=T. | last2=Marsh | first2=E.F. | title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1640 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=1640}}</ref><ref name="Browne Browne 2001 p. 38">{{cite book | last1=Browne | first1=R.B. | last2=Browne | first2=P. | title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture | publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-87972-821-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3rJxPYT32MC&pg=PA38 | access-date=December 5, 2017 | page=38}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495404/ IMDb listing]

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Latest revision as of 03:28, 26 March 2023

Saul Levitt (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play The Andersonville Trial, based on MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Andersonville. Levitt's play was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.[1]

Levitt was born in New York City[1] and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.[2][1]

Levitt served with the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group,[3] flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of Yank magazine,[2] where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.

Works

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  • The Sun is Silent (1951)[4][3]
  • The Andersonville Trial (1960)[5][6]
  • The True Glory (1945)[7][8]
  • A Covenant with Death (1967)[7]
  • The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)[7][9]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Kleiman, Dena (1 September 1977). "Saul Levitt, Playwright, Dies; Wrote 'The Andersonville Trial'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "100th Bomb Group (Heavy) Foundation". Home. 10 October 1943. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Wald, A.M. (2011). Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade. University of North Carolina Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8078-8236-8. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Levitt, S. (1951). The Sun is Silent. Harper. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Holsinger, M.P. (1999). War and American Popular Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Occupational Safety and Health Guide. Greenwood Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-313-29908-7. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Kabatchnik, A. (2011). Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-8108-7784-9. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Saul Levitt". Samuel French – Plays. 20 November 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "The Andersonville Trial". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "Saul Levitt". Playbill. June 2, 1971. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Andersonville Trial on DVD/Blu-ray 2012". Broadway on Video Database (BroadwayWorld.com). Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Brooks, T.; Marsh, E.F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1640. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  12. ^ Browne, R.B.; Browne, P. (2001). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
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