Joseph A. Kramm (September 30, 1907 – May 8, 1991) was an American playwright, actor, and director. He received the

Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were a ...

in 1951 for his play '' The Shrike'', later adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 1955. His wife, stage actress Isabel Bonner, died of a brain hemorrhage while performing his play in 1955.

Works

Plays

*''The Cry of the Watchman'' (1947) *''Giants, Sons of Giants'' (Jan. 6–13, 1962) *'' The Shrike'' (November 25, 1953 - December 6, 1953, revived January 15, 1952 - May 31, 1952)

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* * 1907 births 1991 deaths Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers {{US-dramatist-stub