Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984
Other forms of name
Schneider, Abram Leopoldovich, 1917-1984
Date of birth
1917-12-12
Date of death
1984-05-03
Place of birth
Kharkiv (Ukraine)
Place of death
London (England)
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Occupation
Producers and directors
Theatrical producers and directors
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 27222940
Wikidata: Q575443
Library of congress: n 85054413
HAI10: 000551032
Sources of Information
  • Alan Schneider papers, 1923-1984 (NYPL, call # *T-Mss 1985-002.)(Director Alan Schneider was born Abram Leopoldovich Schneider in Kharkov, Russia on December 12, 1917 (There is some confusion surrounding the date - the true date being December 11, but all his documents say Dec. 12) and died May 3, 1984 in London from head injuries suffered when he was hit by a motorcycle. At the time of his death, Mr. Schneider served as the president of Theatre Communications Group and had just completed the first volume of his autobiography, Entrances: An American Director's Journey, published posthumously by Viking in 1986)
  • His Entrances, 1986- :v. 1, CIP t.p. (Alan Schneider) CIP galley (b. 1917; d. 1984)
  • LC data base, 3-25-85(hdg.: Schneider, Alan)
  • Wikipedia, May 2, 2013(Alan Schneider (December 12, 1917-May 3, 1984); American theatre director and mentor responsible for more than 100 theatre productions)
  • The Author's Zalmen, or the madness of God, 1975
  • IMDb 2004