J. Cheever Goodwin

[1] Early in his theatrical career, Goodwin worked for Alice Oates, acting in her company and translating French opera bouffe into English for their productions.

[1] He often worked with composers Edward E. Rice and Woolson Morse.

He was one of the earliest American writers dedicated to musical theatre librettos and lyrics.

Of Lost, Strayed or Stolen, a critic commented: "Cheever Goodwin, clever at adaptation, at times a most dexterous manipulator in stagecraft, has been singularly successful in this latest venture.

Starting of a delightfully humorous set of complications, woven logically together, he has made an honest translation and obtained a genuinely absurd farce which he carries through four acts, sustaining the interest to the end.