The Algonquin Round Table as drawn by Al Hirschfeld, 1920s.
Seated at the back left are Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. Standing are Frank Crowninshield and Algonquin owner Frank Case. Seated, clockwise from the left, are Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, Heywood Broun, Marc Connelly, Franklin P. Adams, Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman, and Robert Sherwood.
Others usually associated with the Round Table are Margalo Gillmore, Jane Grant, Beatrice Kaufman, Ruth Hale, Margaret Leech Pulitzer, Neysa McMein, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Harpo Marx, William B. Murray, Brock Pemberton, Harold Ross, Alfred Samuels, Donald Ogden Stewart, Frank Sullivan, Deems Taylor, John Peter Toohey, David Wallace, John V.A. Weaver, and Peggy Wood.
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Caricature legend Al Hirschfeld’s interpretation of Susan Egan and Terrence Mann as Belle and The Beast in Disney’s broadway show. Want to own this limited edition litho? It’s on etsy right now!
