Patricia Rinehart (1930–1996) was an American

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and playwright.

Life

Her father was the writer and producer Alan Rinehart, son of the mystery writer

Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.Keating, H.R.F., ''The Bedside Companion to Crime''. New York: Mysterious Press, 1989, p. 170. Rinehart published her fir ...

. Her mother was Gratia Buell Houghton Rinehart, daughter of Arthur Amory Houghton, co-owner of the Corning Glass Company, and niece of businessman, politician and diplomat Alanson B. Houghton. In 1948 Rinehart graduated from the Graham-Eckes School, Palm Beach, Florida, and in December of that year she made her debut at the New York home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr. In 1949 she married Dr. Robert Jean Campbell III. Following her divorce from Dr. Campbell, she married Harvey Breit in 1955. With Breit she adapted R. K. Narayan's novel ''

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'' for

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. ''The Guide'' opened at the

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in 1968, but closed after just five performances. The play, writes Professor of Theatre Arts Thomas S. Hischak, "was too foreign for Broadway critics and playgoers". In 1973 Rinehart married the conservationist Hilary Barratt-Brown. Her poetry collection ''Against the Loss of Night: Poems'' was published in 1986.
Against the Loss of Night: Poems
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References

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