{{short description|American drama critic and theatrical producer}} '''Adolph Klauber''' (29 April 1879 − 7 December 1933) was an American drama critic and theatrical producer. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Edward and Caroline Brahms Klauber. He left Louisville after high school to attend the University of Virginia, after which he moved to New York and took a position with the Empire Theatre Company. In 1900 he began working as a reporter for the New York Commercial Advertiser. From there he moved to the New York Tribune, and thence to the New York Times, where he became drama critic in 1906, a post he held for twelve years. It was during this time that he married the actress and playwright Jane Cowl<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title = Adolph Klauber, producer, dies|date = 8 December 1933|work = New York Times|page = 23}}</ref> He then began working with Archibald and Edgar Selwyn, two of the founders of Goldwyn Pictures, later to become part of MGM, and worked for a while there as a casting director.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|title = The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway : September 1908-August 1915|url = https://archive.org/details/paperswillrogers1915roge|url-access = limited|last = Rogers|first = Will|publisher = University of Oklahoma Press|year = 2001|isbn = 0-8061-3315-5|location = Norman, OK|pages = [https://archive.org/details/paperswillrogers1915roge/page/n293 273]|last2 = Gragert|first2 = Stephen K.|last3 = Johansson|first3 = M. Jane}}</ref>
==Productions== He later became a producer; the list of plays he produced includes: * 1919: ''Nighty Night'' * 1920: ''Scrambled Wives''; ''The Emperor Jones''; and ''Diff'rent'' * 1921: ''Like a King'' * 1922: ''The Charlatan'' With Jane Cowl he also worked on the following productions: * 1923: ''Lilac Time''; and ''Smilin' Through'' With the Selwyns he produced: * 1923: ''Romeo and Juliet''; and ''Pell''é''as and Mélisande'' * 1924: ''Antony and Cleopatra'' * 1925: ''The Depths'' * 1928: ''Diversion''
==Death== He died on 7 December 1933 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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