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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971.

Contributor:

Cartmell, Van H. (Van Henry), 1896-1966.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama.

Genre:

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii, 920 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Standing room only.

Place of Publication:

Garden City ; New York : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1944.

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 Harold Lindsay and Russel Crouse. - Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring. - Oklahoma! By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II.

Biographical notes.

Notes:

On spine: S.R.O. Standing room only.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket (torn along and across spine) retained.

OCLC:

2519350