SHIPMAN, SAMUEL

(1883-1937)

Born in New York as Samuel Shiffman, he began a playwriting career translatingJacob Gor-din'sThe Kreutzer Sonata(1904). Most of his plays were collaborations, includingThe Spell(1907; a rare solo effort),Elevating a Husband(1912; with Clara Lipman),The Friendly Enemies(1918; withAaron Hoffman),East Is West(1918; with John B. Hymer),The Woman in Room 13(1919; withMax Marcin),First Is Last(1919; withPercival Wilde),Crooked Gamblers(1920; with Wilde),Lawful Larceny(1922),Crime(1927; with Hymer),Scarlet Pages(1929; with Hymer),A Lady Detained(1935; with Hymer), andBehind Red Lights(1937; with Beth Brown).