Kaufman and Co: Broadway Comedies
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...
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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.Library JournalThe Library of America gives its regards to Broadway with this compilation of hit comedies written by Kaufman and Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Ring Lardner, and Morrie Ryskind. Included are The Royal Family, Animal Crackers, June Moon, Once in a Lifetime, Of Thee I Sing, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door, You Can't Take It with You, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Animal Crackers is a little-known version that was found among Groucho Marx's personal papers and published here for the first time. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
The royal family1Animal crackers109June moon195Once in a lifetime273Of thee I sing396Dinner at eight469Stage door591You can't take it with you687The man who came to dinner763Kaufman chronology849
\ Library JournalThe Library of America gives its regards to Broadway with this compilation of hit comedies written by Kaufman and Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Ring Lardner, and Morrie Ryskind. Included are The Royal Family, Animal Crackers, June Moon, Once in a Lifetime, Of Thee I Sing, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door, You Can't Take It with You, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Animal Crackers is a little-known version that was found among Groucho Marx's personal papers and published here for the first time. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
