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Book Synopsis
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 over Elmer Rice as first among his peers. Like O'Neill, Rice had an astoundingly long and productive life in the American theatre. He made and sustained his reputation with a series of hit plays and provocative experimental work which, next to the output of O'Neill, remains the mo
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Codes and Numbering Chronology Life and Career The Plays: Summaries and Critical Overviews On Trial (1914) The Iron Cross (1915) The House in Blind Alley (1916) The Home of the Free (1917) A Diadem of Snow (1918) Help! Help! (1919) Wake Up, Jonathan (1921) It Is the Law (1922) The Adding Machine (1923) Black Sheep (1923) Close Harmony (1924) The Subway (1924) The Gay White Way (1925) The Passing of Chow-Chow (1925) Sidewalks of New York (1925) Cock Robin (1928) Street Scene (1929) See Naples and Die (1929) The Left Bank (1931) Counsellor-at-Law (1931) We, the People (1933) Judgment Day (1934) Between Two Worlds (1934) Not for Children (1935) American Landscape (1938) Two on an Island (1940) Flight to the West (1940) A New Life (1943) Dream Girl (1945) Street Scence (musical) (1947) The Grand Tour (1951) Love Among the Ruins (1951) The Winner (1954) Cue for Passion (1958) Court of Last Resort (1965) Primary Bibliography Annotated Secondary Bibliography: Reviews Annotated Secondary Bibliography: Books, Articles, Sections Productions and Credits Author Index General Index
