Contributions

  • Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. - Contributor
  • Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961. - Contributor
  • Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933. - Contributor
  • Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Library of America, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

227,750 words, Guess

Page Count

911 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads170592
  • LibraryThing13499

Classifications

  • DDC812/.52
  • LCCPS3521.A727 A6 2004

Alternate Titles

  • Kaufman and Co.

Description

"Here, in the most comprehensive collection of George S. Kaufman's plays ever assembled, are nine classics: his "backstage" play The Royal Family (1927, written with Edna Ferber); the Marx Brothers-inspired mayhem of Animal Crackers (1928, with Morrie Ryskind), in a version discovered in Groucho Marx's papers and published here for the first time; June Moon (1929, with Ring Lardner), a hilarious look at a young composer trying to make it big on Tin Pan Alley; Once in a Lifetime (1930, with Moss Hart), one of the first and best satires of Hollywood; Pulitzer Prize winners Of Thee I Sing (1931, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin) and You Can't Take It With You (1936, with Moss Hart); Dinner at Eight (1932, with Edna Ferber), a tart ensemble piece that mixes comedy and melodrama; Stage Door (1936, with Edna Ferber), his much-loved story about young actresses trying to make it big in New York City; and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939, with Moss Hart), an unforgettable burlesque of America's cult of celebrity."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The Library of America ;

Other Editions

  • Kaufman & Co.: Broadway comediesLibrary of America2004-01-01

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