For the original American play, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life, which shall represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Fiorello! , by Jerome Weidman, George Abbott, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
The Jury
The Jury
John Mason Brown
Saturday Review
John Gassner
Yale University
Winners in Drama
1960 Prize Winners
Garrett Mattingly
It is a first class history and a literary work of high order.
Lenoir Chambers
For his series of editorials on the school integration problem in Virginia, as exemplified by "The Year the Schools Closed," published January 1, 1959, and "The Year the Schools Opened," published December 31, 1959.