His first success, with Harbach, Vincent Youmans and Herbert Stothart, was WILDFLOWER in 1923. Undaunted, he continued to write both lyrics and librettos, principally with Otto Harbach as his collaborating author. In 1919 Hammerstein's first play, THE LIGHT, was produced by his Uncle Arthur it lasted four performances. (The 1920 Varsity show, FLY WITH ME, was composed by Rodgers with lyrics by both Hammerstein and a fellow classmate of his named Lorenz Hart.) Withdrawing from Columbia Law School after his second year to pursue a career in theatre, Hammerstein took a job with his uncle as an assistant stage manager. His earliest works included musical comedies written with a Columbia undergraduate seven years his junior named Richard Rodgers. Hammerstein started writing lyrics for the Columbia University Varsity shows while studying law. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer and his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein, a famous opera impresario. His father, William, was a theatre manager and for many years director of Hammerstein's Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theatre of its day. Oscar Hammerstein II was born on Jin New York City. Rodgers & Hammerstein's State Fair: Youth Edition Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Youth Edition Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I: Youth Edition Some Enchanted Evening - The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein Rodgers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella: Youth Edition
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