GASSNER, JOHN. Critic; b. Marmaros-Sziget, Hungary, ; d. New Haven, Connecticut, .
Gassner was a teacher at Hunter College beginning in 1928. He became a play reader for the Theater Guild in 1930. From 1935 to 1937 he served as drama critic for New Theatre magazine. He then moved from magazine to magazine: Forum (1937–1938), Time (1938), and Direction (1939–1943). He also taught drama at many universities, including Columbia, Bryn Mawr, and Queens College,...