Klauber, Adolph

(1879-1933)

   Born in Louisville, he intertwined stage and newspaper careers. Early in his career, he worked for the New York Commercial Advertiser and the Tribune, and acted with Charles Frohman's Empire Theatre stock company. He performed with Viola Allen and Henry Miller in Liberty Hall (1893) and played one of the Italian twins in Pudd'nhead Wilson (1895). From 1906 to 1918, he was the New York Times drama critic. He left that position to become a producer of such plays as Nighty Night (1919), Scrambled Wives, The Emperor Jones, and Diff'rent (all 1920), Like a King (1921), and The Charlatan (1922). He was also associated as a silent partner with productions starring his wife Jane Cowl: Lilac Time (1917), Smilin'Through (1919), Romeo and Juliet (1923), Pelleas andMelisande (1923), Antony and Cleopatra (1924), The Depths (1925), and others.