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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:playwright
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gptkbp:active_years_end
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gptkb:1961
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gptkbp:active_years_start
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1910
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:The_Theatre_Guild
gptkb:The_Algonquin_Round_Table
gptkb:The_New_York_Theatre_Guild
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:The_Algonquin_Round_Table
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1889-11-16
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gptkbp:born_in
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gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:George_Kaufman_Jr.
Eleanor Kaufman
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Robert_Kaufman
gptkb:George_Kaufman_Jr.
Margaret Kaufman
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gptkbp:collaborated_with
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gptkb:Harry_Akst
gptkb:Sam_H._Harris
gptkb:Moss_Hart
gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkb:Frank_Loesser
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:Irving_Berlin
gptkb:Arthur_Schwartz
gptkb:Marc_Connelly
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gptkbp:collaborator
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gptkb:Moss_Hart
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:Marc_Connelly
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gptkbp:death_date
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1961-06-02
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:comedy
gptkb:satire
farce
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gptkbp:has_award
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gptkb:Tony_Award
gptkb:Academy_Awards
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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George S. Kaufman
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Neil_Simon
gptkb:Woody_Allen
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:Arthur_Miller
American theatre
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Molière
gptkb:George_Bernard_Shaw
gptkb:Noel_Coward
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:comedy
social commentary
character-driven plots
witty dialogue
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_collaborations
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gptkb:Moss_Hart
gptkb:Edna_Ferber
gptkb:Irving_Berlin
gptkb:Marc_Connelly
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.”
“ I think that the best thing about being a writer is that you can be a writer.”
“ A man in love is incomplete until he has married. After that, he’s finished.”
“ The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”
“ Satire is what closes on Saturday night.”
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Solid_Gold_Cadillac
gptkb:The_Butter_and_Egg_Man
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Came_to_Dinner
gptkb:You_Can't_Take_It_With_You
gptkb:The_Royal_Family
gptkb:The_Front_Page
gptkb:Of_Thee_I_Sing
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Director
gptkb:Producer
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:theater_productions
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Southampton,_New_York
gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Beatrice_Kaufman
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:theater
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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