William A. Raidy

Born in Manhattan, Raidy earned degrees from Georgetown University, New York University, and the Sorbonne.{{cite news|title=Obituaries: William A. Raidy|work=Variety|date=September 20, 1993|page=42}} He also took theatre courses at the Yale School of Drama. He began his career in journalism in the mid 1940s as a features writer for the Long Island Press. In the mid 1960s he became the theatre critic for Newhouse News Service and The Star-Ledger, a position he remained in until his death three decades later. In 1966 he succeeded Ward Morehouse as the syndicated theatre columnist for the General Features corporation.{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1966-12-24_99_52/page/26/mode/2up?q=%22+William+A.+Raidy%22+%22Sorbonne%22|title=Raidy Writes About Broadway Theater|page=26|journal=Editor and Publisher|date=December 24, 1966|volume=99|issue=52|editor-first=Robert U.|editor-last=Brown}} He died in 1993 at New York University Medical Center at the age of 70.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/07/obituaries/william-a-raidy-theater-critic-70.html|title=William A. Raidy; Theater Critic, 70|work=The New York Times|date=September 7, 1993}}

In his book The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America, Richard H. Palmer uses critiques by Raidy to discuss ways in when theatre critics deliberate about the strengths and weaknesses of plot development,{{sfn|Palmer|1988|page=69}} analyze dialogue,{{sfn|Palmer|1988|page=78-80}} and review choreography.{{sfn|Palmer|1988|page=131}}

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• {{cite book|title=The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America|last=Palmer|first=Richard H.|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1988|isbn=9780313262111}}

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