Robert Edwin Lee
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- For the famous Confederate Civil War general, see Robert E. Lee.
- For Pennsylvania politician, see Robert E. Lee (Pennsylvania)
Robert Edwin Lee (October 15, 1918 - July 8, 1994), was a playwright and lyricist from Elyria, Ohio, best known for two collaborations with Jerome Lawrence -- Inherit the Wind (1955) and Auntie Mame (1956). Lee wrote using the name Robert E. Lee.
He attended Northwestern University and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. His daughter, Lucy Lee, is the Associate Professor of Clinical Management Communication at the Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. She is currently completing a handbook for professional writers, Writing Without Rules, which she began in collaboration with her late father.
[edit] Works
- Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! - 1948 (book of musical)
- Inherit the Wind - 1955 (play)
- Shangri-La - 1956 (book & lyrics of musical)
- Auntie Mame - 1956 (play)
- The Gang's All Here (play) - 1969 (play)
- Only in America - 1969 - (play)
- A Call on Kuprin - 1969 - (play)
- Mame - 1969 - (book of musical based on his play Auntie Mame)
- Dear World - 1969 (book of musical)
- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - 1970 (play)
- The Incomparable Max - 1971 (play)
- Jabberwock - 1972 (play)
- First Monday in October - 1978 - (play)
