Provided by Wikipedia John William Van Druten (1 June 190119 December 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society.
![Van Druten in 1932,<br>photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/John_Van_Druten.jpg)