Nathan Cohen (critic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Theatre critic, broadcaster, publisher.
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Place of Birth: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Nathan Cohen (critic)
- Samuel Nathan Cohen known as Nathan Cohen (16 April 1923 – 26 March 1971) was a Canadian theatre critic and broadcaster.
- Cohen was considered the country's only serious drama critic during the first two decades following World War II, the period when Canadian theatre became established.
- He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, to an Eastern European Jewish immigrant family.
- He got his start in media when he was the editor of Mount Allison University's student newspaper.
- After graduating from Mount Allison, he was the editor of the Glace Bay Gazette.
- He permanently moved to Toronto in 1945 and wrote for various Communist Party supported newspapers.
- In 1948, he became the Theatre critic for CBC Radio.
- When CBC began television broadcasts in the 1950s, Cohen became one of their first talk show hosts.
- He joined The Toronto Daily Star in 1959, and worked as its theatre critic until his death in 1971.
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