Anderson, Maxwell (1888–1959)

US dramatist. What Price Glory? 1924 is a realistic portrayal of the American soldier in action during World War I, co-written with Laurence Stallings. Most of his plays had moral and social problems as themes. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his comedic prose satire Both Your Houses 1933.

Anderson wrote numerous other plays, many in the form of verse tragedies, including Elizabeth the Queen 1930, Winterset 1935, and Anne of the Thousand Days 1948.

In 1950 he wrote a musical Lost in the Stars, based on the novel Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, with music by Kurt Weill.