Horace Liveright

Horace Brisbin Liveright (10 December 1883 – 24 September 1933) was an American publisher and stage producer. With Albert Boni, he founded the Modern Library and Boni & Liveright publishers. He published books from numerous influential American and British authors. Turning to theatre, he produced the successful 1927 Broadway play Dracula, with Béla Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan in the roles they would make famous in the 1931 film by the same name. Liveright was born into a Jewish family in 1884. He initially followed the career of a bond salesman. He married Lucille, the daughter of the owner of International Paper, in April 1911, and used his father-in-law's financial backing to embark on a publishing career. The Liverights had two...