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:''For the RN admiral see Lord Walter Kerr'' Walter Francis Kerr (July 8, 1913 – October 9, 1996) was an American writer and Broadway theater critic. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books, generally on the subject of theater and cinema. ==Biography== Kerr was born in Evanston, Illinois and earned both a B.A. and M.A. from Northwestern University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Walter Kerr biography )〕 He taught speech and drama at The Catholic University of America. After writing criticism for ''Commonweal'' he became a theater critic for the ''New York Herald Tribune'' in 1951. When that paper ended, he then began writing theater reviews for the ''New York Times'' in 1966, writing for the next seventeen years.〔 He married Jean Kerr (née Collins) on August 9, 1943. She was also a writer. Together, they wrote the musical ''Goldilocks'' (1958), which won two Tony Awards. They also collaborated on ''Touch and Go'' (1949) and ''King of Hearts'' (1954). He was portrayed pseudonymously by David Niven in the 1960 film ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'', based on Jean Kerr's best-selling collection of humorous essays. 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「Walter Kerr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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