Virtual Conversation: Maxwell Anderson

By Lambs Club ☆ 4/27/22

New York 4-27-2022  Watch video recording

Maxwell L. Anderson was named for his grandfather, the renowned Pulitzer-Prize winning dramatist whose plays include WHAT PRICE GLORY, WINTERSET, ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS, ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, VALLEY FORGE, BOTH YOUR HOUSES, KEY LARGO, JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, and THE BAD SEED. Anderson collaborated with Kurt Weill on two landmark musicals, KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY and LOST IN THE STARS. Among the legendary performers who appeared in the original productions of Anderson’s plays were Helen Hayes, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and Katharine Cornell. Many members of the Lambs appeared in Anderson’s plays on Broadway and regionally. Among the actors who starred in the film adaptations were Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Burton, and Errol Flynn. Read more about the playwright HERE.  

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