William Jourdan Rapp Explained
William Jourdan Rapp (June 17, 1895 - 1942) was a writer and editor in the United States. He wrote plays,[1] novels, and radio scripts. He edited True Story magazine.
Rapp was born in New York City. He graduated from Cornell in 1917[2] and worked as a health inspector in New York City until World War I. He served in France. After the war he also worked in Turkey.[3]
He kept a scrapbook during his time at a YMCA camp in Greece. He went on to edit the popular True Story magazine and various radio series. In 1925 he wrote a piece in the New York Times about French Royalists.[4]
He wrote with Wallace Thurman, Hughes Allison, and Lowell Brentano.
He married actress Virginia Venable Rapp and had a son and daughter.[5]
Plays
- Osman Pasha[2]
- Whirlpool (1929)[6] [7]
- Hilda Cassidy
- Substitute for Murder[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: William Jourdan Rapp (Writer). Playbill.
- Web site: William Rapp, Playwright born. African American Registry.
- Book: Wallace Thurman's Harlem Renaissance . 9789051836929 . 1994 . Rodopi .
- News: FRENCH ROYALISTS STILL LIVE IN HOPE; " Camelots du Roi," Militant Supporters of the Pretender, Have Gained in Influence Since the War. William Jourdan. Rapp. September 6, 1925. NYTimes.com.
- News: Death of William Jourdan Rapp, 1942. Poughkeepsie Journal . August 13, 1942. 15. newspapers.com.
- Web site: William Jourdan Rapp – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. www.ibdb.com.
- News: Atkinson . J. Brooks . December 4, 1929 . THE PLAY:Love Comes to the Parson . 40 . . 0362-4331 . .
- Harlem shadows: re-evaluating Wallace Thurman's The Blacker the Berry. I. I. I.. Daniel M. Scott. September 22, 2004. MELUS. 29. 3–4. 323–340. 10.2307/4141858 . 4141858 . go.gale.com.
- Web site: William J. Rapp papers - Archives West. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
- News: October 22, 1935 . NEWS OF THE STAGE:' Substitute for Murder' Descends This Evening on The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. . 16 . . 0362-4331 . }
Books
- When I Was a Boy in Turkey
- Looking Down from Olympus
- Poolroom
External links
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