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Author:

Cerf, Bennett Alfred, 1898- comp.

Title:

S. R. O.; the most successful plays in the history of the American stage, compiled by Bennett Cerf and Van H. Cartmell; introduction by John Chapman.

Publisher:

Garden City publishing co.inc.

Copyright Date:

1946

Description:

xvii, 920 p. 22 cm.

Subject:

American drama (Collections)

Other Authors:

Cartmell, Van H., 1896- joint comp.

Notes:

"Garden City publishing co. reprint edition 1946." On spine: The most successful plays.

Contents:

The old-timers: Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet B. Stowe (revised version by A. E. Thomas) East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wood. The two orphans, by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon.--Starring vehicles: The old homestead, by Denman Thompson. Rip Van Winkle, as played by Joseph Jefferson. The man from home, by Booth Tarkington and H. L. Wilson.--Not so long ago: Peg o' my heart, by J. H. Manners. Lightnin', by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. The bat, by Mary R. Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.--You can't laugh them off: Abie's Irish Rose, by Anne Nichols. Tobacco road, by Erskine Caldwell.--Today and forever: Life with father, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring. Oklahoma! By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II.--Bibliographical notes.

LCCN:

47005232

Locations:

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)