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"Frank Rice, whose career in the American theater spanned half a century, was at his death in 1967 the 'Dean of American playwrights.' His initial Broadway success came in 1914 when Eugene O'Neill was known only as the son of the actor James O'Neill, and his last work was contemporary with that of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee." - book jacket
THE STORY: Tells of a delightful young woman who quite inefficiently runs a bookstore. She is one of those charming but dreamy, over-imaginative young women whom the slightest suggestion may send off into the most extravagant daydreams. In her own
This constantly interesting play shows, in outline, the life history and, in its later scenes, the death history of Mr. Zero, a cog in the vast machine of modern business -- from cover.
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A thorough and detailed study of this playwright's remarkable long and productive career that stretched from 1914-1963, and included over 50 plays and a Pulitzer Prize. It establishes that Rice'e impact on the American theater probably surpasses that of any other American playwright.
An interdisciplinary look at the Harlem Renaissance, it includes essays on the principal participants, those who defined the political, intellectual and cultural milieu in which the Renaissance existed; on important events and places.
Typescript, dated March 9, 1940. Typescript extensively marked in black and red pencil by unkown hand used for the Broadway production starring Betty Field and Luther Adler, which opened Jan. 22, 1940, and ran until Apr. 13, 1940, at the Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, New York, N.Y.
Eugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.
As one of the most outstanding and innovative playwrights of the 20th century, Elmer Rice made and sustained his reputation with a series of hit plays and provocative experimental work which, next to the output of Eugene O'Neill, remains the most varied canon of theatrical writing produced by an American dramatist. This reference book overviews his life and career and provides plot synopses and critical commentaries for his plays. The volume also provides cast and credit lists for major productions and an exhaustive bibliography of primary and secondary materials. When critics of the mid-twentieth century ranked American playwrights, they often had to pause before promoting Eugene O'Neill ov...