Irv Bauer
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| Died | July 24, 2015 |
| Residence | New York |
| Other names | Irvin S. Bauer |
| Known for | Courage the Cowardly Dog |
| Notable work |
A Dream Out of Time A Fine and Private Place Bulldog and The Bear |
| Website | irvbauerscreenwriting |
Irv Bauer also known as Irvin S. Bauer was an American playwright, screenwriter, educator and theatre critic based in New York. He was most known for his plays A Dream Out of Time, A Fine and Private Place and Bulldog and The Bear. He also wrote multiple episodes of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Bauer taught at graduate and undergraduate levels at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College and University of Washington. He died of lymphoma on July 24, 2015.
Bauer went to DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, and then enrolled in New York University, earning a bachelor's degree in Journalism. While there he studied with and was mentored by Haig P. Manoogian.
Upon graduation, Bauer started working in public relations at Grey Advertising. Soon afterwards, he left New York for Paris, France to pursue a career in dramatic writing and cinema. In Paris, he started working as an actor and began writing. He came back to New York to secure financing for a project with Philippe Gérard. In 1970, his first play, A Dream Out of Time with Sam Levene, at the Promenade Theatre (Broadway). In Seattle, A Fine and Private Place, an adaptation of a novel by Peter S. Beagle. Among other popular plays by Bauer are Bullies House Rollin on the Toba, and Young and Eager. Bauer wrote The Ladies' Tailor of Babi Yar, first presented by the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, a story of a Jewish and a Russian family set against the backdrop of Babi Yar Massacres.
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