Other Work
Van Druten directed the last nine productions of his own plays (see above).
At the St. James Theatre, New York in March 1951 he directed the first production of The King and I (1,246 performances). He also restaged this production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in London, October 1953 (946 performances).
At the Theatre Royal, Brighton in November 1954 he staged a production of The Duchess and the Smugs.
Van Druten wrote two autobiographies:
- The Way to the Present (1938)
- The Widening Circle: Personal Search, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1957)
He also published two novels: a version of Young Woodley (1928), and The Vicarious Years in 1955.
He also published a book on his work Playwright at Work just after World War II.
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