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.[1][2][3] He graduated from RADA in 1928;[4] with acting work including the original West End productions of Noël Coward's Cavalcade (1931), and South Sea Bubble (1956).[5][6] He wrote the book for the 1945 hit West End musical Under the Counter.
^Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves Peter Brook 1995 - Page 6 0521296056 "What on earth was Both Ends Meet in 1954? It was a play by a comedian, Arthur Macrae, about a man who hates the Inland Revenue. He won't marry his fiancee, because the two of them get better tax concessions as 'separate units', and he ."
^Peter Brook: A Biography - Page 81 1408852284
Michael Kustow - 2013 "More robust was Arthur Macrae's comedy Both Ends Meet, a comedy about cheating the taxman which Brook directed in the summer of 1954 at the Apollo Theatre. "
