![]() ![]() She wrote a book about her life in the theatre, published in 1962, called Underfoot in Show Business. After World War II ended, television took over as the main entertainment, and Helene became a script reader, a job she could do at home. Helene continued writing plays during and after the war years while working, but none of these plays were ever considered good enough to be produced. The only successful play that Helene was involved with was Oklahoma, which began its celebrated lengthy Broadway run in 1943. She later won a play-writing competition and the prize was an internship to work for the Theatre Guild, which worked to bring scripts to the stage. While at college and business school, Helene was acquiring a literary knowledge by reading the books of an Oxford Professor named Arthur Quiller-Couch. During the Great Depression, she was forced to drop out of college and attend business school. The family regularly attended the theatre, and as a result, Helene grew up wanting to become a playwright. Helene Hanff was an American author of semi-biographical stories. ![]()
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