Dorothy Heyward

American playwright, born June 6, 1890; died November 19, 1961. Wife of author [a=DuBose Heyward].

Known for adapting her husband's novel "Porgy" for the stage, which became later the basis of the opera and musical "Porgy and Bess" (music by [a=George Gershwin], libretto by [a=DuBose Heyward], lyrics by [a=Ira Gershwin] and [a=DuBose Heyward]).