Philip Moeller

Philip Moeller (26 August 1880 – 26 April 1958) was an American stage producer and director, playwright and screenwriter, born in New York where he helped found the short-lived Washington Square Players and then with Lawrence Langner and Helen Westley founded the Theatre Guild.[1]

For the journalist, see Philip Moeller (journalist).

The board of directors of the Theatre Guild (from left): Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Theresa Helburn, Maurice Wertheim, Helen Westley, Lee Simonson (1923)

He was educated at New York University and Columbia University.

Directing career

Among plays he directed for the Theatre Guild were:

Playwright
  • Helena's Husband (1915) one-act play for Washington Square Players on its opening night 4 October 1915[2]
  • Madame Sand - a biographical comedy (1917)
  • The Roadhouse in Arden (1917)
  • Pokey (1918)
  • Two blind beggars and one less blind: a tragic comedy in one act (1918)
  • Sophie - a comedy (1919)
  • Caprice - adaptation of three-act play by Austrian writer Sil-Vara (pseudonym of Geza Silberer) in 1929.

Filmography

This filmography is believed to be complete.

References
  1. Cody, Gabrielle and Sprinchorn, Evert The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 2 Columbia University Press p. 1341
  2. "The Lesson of the Washington Square Players Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine"
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