Newman Levy (November 30, 1888 – March 22, 1966)[1] was an American lawyer, poet, playwright and essayist.
Born in Manhattan, he graduated from New York University School of Law in 1911 and worked as an Assistant District Attorney, but found time to write three books of light verse and an autobiography.
He socialized with New York's literary elite, and collaborated with Edna Ferber on $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts.
The complex rhyme scheme, light approach to a tragic opera, and bouncy tune[6] helped popularize it.
And the tragic ending of Thaïs is reduced to a rueful reflection on missed chances: The Nan Patterson Case New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959