Burns Mantle
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Robert Burns Mantle was a well-known American
drama critic. He founded the Best Plays annual publication in 1920.(10 February 1948). Burns Mantle, 74, Drama Critic, Dies, The New York Times
Mantle was born in Watertown, New York on December 23, 1873 to Robert Burns and Susan Lawrence Mantle. As a child he moved to Denver, and was working as a linotype machine
operator in California by 1892, and then became a reporter. By the late 1890s he was working as a drama critic for the Denver Times. He later moved to Chicago, and then New York in 1911. He was at the New York Evening Mail
until 1922, and then the Daily News until his retirement in 1943. He was succeeded as the drama critic at the Daily News by his assistant John Arthur Chapman.Associated Press (16 August 1943). Burns Mantle Quits as Drama Reviewer, Montreal Gazette(15 August 1943). Burns Mantle Retires, The New York Times
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drama critic. He founded the Best Plays annual publication in 1920.(10 February 1948). Burns Mantle, 74, Drama Critic, Dies, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Mantle was born in Watertown, New York on December 23, 1873 to Robert Burns and Susan Lawrence Mantle. As a child he moved to Denver, and was working as a linotype machine
Linotype machine
The Linotype typesetting machine is a "line casting" machine used in printing. The name of the machine comes from the fact that it produces an entire line of metal type at once, hence a line-o'-type, a significant improvement over manual typesetting....
operator in California by 1892, and then became a reporter. By the late 1890s he was working as a drama critic for the Denver Times. He later moved to Chicago, and then New York in 1911. He was at the New York Evening Mail
New York Evening Mail
The New York Evening Mail was an American daily newspaper published in New York City.The paper was made up of the New York Evening Express, which dated from 1836, and the Daily Advertiser. It was eventually merged with the Evening Telegram, which became the New York World-Telegram in 1927.From New...
until 1922, and then the Daily News until his retirement in 1943. He was succeeded as the drama critic at the Daily News by his assistant John Arthur Chapman.Associated Press (16 August 1943). Burns Mantle Quits as Drama Reviewer, Montreal Gazette(15 August 1943). Burns Mantle Retires, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...