ELMER RICE (1892 - 1967)
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Elmer Rice
Adding Machine, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Columbia Stages | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Three Plays by Elmer Rice" published by Hill and Wang, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Mr Zero the book keeper is compelled to murder his employer when he is replaced by an adding machine | |||||
Cock Robin |
| 1st Produced: | 48th Street Theatre, New York | 1928 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York (1929) | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Philip Barry and Elmer Rice | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Cue For Passion |
| 1st Produced: | Henry Miller's Theatre, New York | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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Dream Girl |
| 1st Produced: | Coronet Theatre, New York | 1945 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Three Plays by Elmer Rice" published by Hill and Wang, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Georgina tries to run a book shop - but her daydreams keep getting in the way | |||||
Home of the Free, The |
| 1st Produced: | Comedy Theatre, New York | 1917 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Not For Children |
| 1st Produced: | Fortune Theatre, London | 1935 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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On Trial |
| 1st Produced: | Candler Theatre, New York | 1914 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
See Naples and Die |
| 1st Produced: | Vanderbilt Theatre, New York | 1929 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, 1930 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An American heiress to save her sister from blackmail has married a Russian Prince. It has all got to be too much for her and she has escaped to Sorrento | |||||
Streeet Scene |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1947 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Three Plays by Elmer Rice" published by Hill and Wang, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | large cast | |||||
| Notes: | Musical By Kurt Weill, Lyrics Langston Hughes, Book Elmer Rice | |||||
| Synopsis: | rich portrait of a community | |||||
Wake Up Jonathan! |
| 1st Produced: | Henry Miller's Theatre, New York | 1921 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||