Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns, (June 6, 1890 – November 19, 1961) was an American playwright. Her play South Pacific (1943) was adapted as a popular musical by the same name, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
In addition to several works of her own, she co-authored the play Porgy (1927) with her husband DuBose Heyward, adapting it from his novel by the same name. Their work is now known best in its adaptation as the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), with music by George Gershwin.
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—Carter Heyward (b. 1946)