Arthur Macrae

{{Short description|Playwright and comic actor (1908–1962)}}

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| name = Arthur Macrae

| image = Playwright_&_actor_Arthur_Macrae.jpg

| caption = in Dusty Ermine (1936)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1908|03|17}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|02|25|1908|03|17}}

| death_place = Brighton, Sussex, England

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| alma_mater = RADA

| occupation = Playwright
Screenwriter
Actor

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William Arthur Schröpfer (17 March 1908 – 25 February 1962) known by the pen name and stage name Arthur Macrae was an English playwright and comic actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6e0b7e6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103072151/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6e0b7e6|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2019|title=Arthur Macrae|website=BFI}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=arthur+macrae.+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA487|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/n8m/arthur-macrae|title=Arthur Macrae - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} He graduated from RADA in 1928;{{cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/arthur-macrae/|title=Arthur Macrae — RADA|last=Fabrique|website=www.rada.ac.uk}} with acting work including the original West End productions of Noël Coward's Cavalcade (1931), and South Sea Bubble (1956).{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/345/cavalcade/production/70y|title=Production of Cavalcade - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&q=south+sea+bubble+london+stage+1950-1959&pg=PA426|title=The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=16 September 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893085|via=Google Books}} He wrote the book for the 1945 hit West End musical Under the Counter.