# Hubert Osborne > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hubert_Osborne > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hubert_Osborne.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Osborne > Source revision: 1354031721 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian-American playwright and screenwriter (1881–1958)}} '''Hubert Benjamin Osborne''' (1881–1958) was a Canadian-born [playwright](/source/playwright) and [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) who worked in the US. Although he created many adaptations of Shakespeare's works, he was best known for his light comedies. == Early life == He was born in [Kingston, Ontario](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario), and attended [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston) for two years before progressing to [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). He later worked as professor of drama at the [Carnegie Institute of Technology](/source/Carnegie_Institute_of_Technology) until 1925, and then at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) until 1928.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/a_shake_play.cfm |title=Hubert Benjamin Osborne and the Shakespeare Play |access-date=2008-03-22 |archive-date=2007-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607200453/http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/a_shake_play.cfm |url-status=dead }} == Career == Osborne also worked at several American theaters and scripted films as well as Broadway and off-Broadway shows. In 1928 his play ''Eve's Complaint'' was produced in [Paris](/source/Paris). This was the first so-called "American play" to have a Paris premiere. Osborne also worked on Broadway during this period. He wrote ''The Good Men Do'' (1917), ''April'' (1918), ''Shore Leave'' (1922), ''Rita Coventry'' (1923) and ''The Blue Bandanna'' (1924). His most successful works were light comedies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=6388|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|title=Hubert Osborne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018135016/http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=6388|archive-date=October 18, 2012}} Osborne also created a pioneering synthetic stage lighting system, which was used in productions of Shakespeare, with whose work he had a particular fascination. His play ''The Good Men Do'' was about a meeting between [Anne Hathaway](/source/Anne_Hathaway_(Shakespeare)) and [Anne Whateley](/source/Anne_Whateley), an earlier fiancée of the playwright's. He also co-wrote ''The Shakespeare Play: A Drama in Rhythmic Prose'' (c.1911), about Shakespeare's life, but this was never produced on Broadway. In addition he created many adaptations of Shakespeare's works. Osborne was also credited in a number of film adaptations of his plays, including ''Don't Call It Love'' (1923) (based on the play ''Rita Coventry''); ''[Hit the Deck](/source/Hit_the_Deck_(1930_film))'' (1930) (play ''Shore Leave''); ''[Follow the Fleet](/source/Follow_the_Fleet)'' (1936) (also based on ''Shore Leave''); ''Strange Experiment'' (1937) (play ''Two Worlds''). ==Filmography== *''[Don't Call It Love](/source/Don't_Call_It_Love_(film))'', directed by [William C. deMille](/source/William_C._deMille) (1923, based on the play ''Rita Coventry'') *''[Shore Leave](/source/Shore_Leave_(1925_film))'', directed by [John S. Robertson](/source/John_S._Robertson) (1925, based on the play ''Shore Leave'') *''[Hit the Deck](/source/Hit_the_Deck_(1930_film))'', directed by [Luther Reed](/source/Luther_Reed) (1930, based on the musical ''[Hit the Deck](/source/Hit_the_Deck_(musical))'') *''[Follow the Fleet](/source/Follow_the_Fleet)'', directed by [Mark Sandrich](/source/Mark_Sandrich) (1936, based on the play ''Shore Leave'') *''[Strange Experiment](/source/Strange_Experiment)'', directed by [Albert Parker](/source/Albert_Parker_(director)) (UK, 1937, based on the play ''Two Worlds'') *''[Hit the Deck](/source/Hit_the_Deck_(1955_film))'', directed by [Roy Rowland](/source/Roy_Rowland_(film_director)) (1955, based on the musical ''[Hit the Deck](/source/Hit_the_Deck_(musical))'') ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{imdb name|nm0651661}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Hubert Osborne |sopt=t}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Hubert}} Category:1881 births Category:1958 deaths Category:Writers from Ontario Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Queen's University at Kingston alumni Category:Yale University faculty Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hubert Osborne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Osborne) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Osborne?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.