THEATER AND FILM ARTISTS

 

Broadway Playwrights Survey (1964)

Investigator: Thomas B. Moore

Population: Playwrights

Identification method: Playwrights who had at least two presentations produced on Broadway between 1959 and 1963.

Sampling procedure: All playwrights identified were included.

N and Response rate: 70.2 percent (33 of 47)

Publication: Baumol, William and William Bowen. 1966. "The Performer, The Composer, the Playwright and the Choreographer." Chapter 5 (pp. 99-135) in The Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma. New York: The 20th Century Fund.

Summary: This study examined the earnings of playwrights.

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