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Sydney Rosenfeld (1855–1931) was an American playwright who wrote numerous plays, and adapted many foreign plays. Close to fifty of his creations played on Broadway. Some of his better known plays (though none achieved long-lasting popularity) included ''A House of Cards'', ''The King's Carnival'', ''The Lady, or the Tiger?'', ''The Vanderbilt Cup'', ''The Aero Club'', ''The Senator'', ''Mlle. Mischief'', ''The Mocking Bird'', ''A Man of Ideas'', ''The 20th Century Girl'', ''Jumping Jupiter'', and ''The Optimist''.〔(15 June 1931). (Sydney Rosenfeld, Dramatist, Is Dead ), ''The New York Times''〕〔(The Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume X ), p. 476 (1916)〕 ==Biography== Rosenfeld was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1855, and came to New York during the American Civil War. He began producing plays in 1874, starting with a burlesque of ''Rose Michel'' called ''Rosemy Shell''.〔〔Hornblow, Arthur. (Some Representative American Dramatists ), ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (April 1892), Vol. 33, No. 4, at p. 442〕〔(Our American Dramatists ), ''Munsey's Magazine'' (November 1894), Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 164〕 He began writing boy's stories at age 15. He served as the first editor of the English edition of ''Puck'' magazine as well as writing for ''The Sun'' and the ''New York World'', but left journalism by age 19.〔〔(Sydney Rosenfeld's Career ), ''The Theatre Magazine'' (March 1890), Vol. VI, No. 17, p. 299-300〕〔(5 February 1898). (Mirror Interviews - Sydney Rosenfeld ), ''New York Dramatic Mirror''〕 According to ''The Chronology of American Literature'' (2004), Rosenfeld was a "prolific adapter of foreign plays, often accused of plagiarism, who had nearly fifty plays reach Broadway during his career."〔Burt, Daniel S. (ed). ''(The Chronology of American Literature )'', p. 277 (2004)〕 In 1890, the ''New York Times'' stated that Rosenfeld's "habit is to try to dash off an epoch making comedy between breakfast and luncheon," though despite "all his evident carelessness, his lack of application, and his frequently misplaced confidence in his own powers, (he) possesses a gift of originality which Belasco and De Mille either lack altogether or rigorously suppress."〔(26 October 1890). (Success at the Gymnase ), ''The New York Times''〕 Gerald Bordman's ''American Music Theatre: A Chronicle'' describes Rosenfeld as "long a colorful, controversial figure on the American theatrical scene"; "he enjoyed some fame with a few hits and considerably more notoriety with his frequently gadfly behavior." By the mid 1910s, his knack of striking some hits ran dry, though he continued to mount plays until 1923. At the time of his death in 1931, since Rosenfeld had been inactive for a number of years, his "importance to an earlier theatrical world was not universally appreciated."〔Bordman, Gerald Martin and Richard Norton. (American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle ), pp. 91, 107, 157 (4th ed. 2010)〕 He died with meager wealth; his estate was only reported to be worth $100.〔(4 May 1932). (Writer of Play Hits Left Estate of $100 ), ''The New York Times''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Rosenfeld」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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