Joseph Otto Kesselring was an American playwright best known for writing the Broadway hit Arsenic and Old Lace (1939), which ran for 1,444 performances on Broadway and 1,337 performances in London. It quickly became a staple in high school and dinner theater circuits.
As a freelance playwright, Kesselring wrote twelve original plays including There's Wisdom in Women (1935), Cross-Town (1937), and Four Twelves are 48 (1951).
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