George S. Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies (LOA #152): The

George S. Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies (LOA #152): The Royal Family / Animal Crackers / June Moon / Once in a Lifetime / Of Thee I Sing / You ... Stage Door / The Man Who (Library of America)
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If Eugene Oâ€™Neill represents the tragic mask of American drama, then George S. Kaufman can easily lay claim to its smiling counterpart. No other comic dramatist in America has enjoyed more popular success and perennial influence or been more fortunate in his choice of collaborators, who included George and Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart, Irving Berlin, and the Marx Brothers.

Here, in the most comprehensive collection of his plays ever assembled, are nine classics: his uproarious â€œbackstageâ€ playÂ The Royal FamilyÂ (1927, written with Edna Ferber); the Marx Brothersâ€“inspired mayhem ofÂ Animal CrackersÂ (1928, with Morrie Ryskind), in a version discovered in Groucho Marxâ€™s papers and published here for the first time;Â June MoonÂ (1929, with Ring Lardner), a hilarious look at a young composer trying to make it big on Tin Pan Alley;Â Once in a LifetimeÂ (1930, with Moss Hart), one of the first and best satires of Hollywood; Pulitzer Prize winnersÂ Of Thee I Sing(1931, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin) andÂ You Canâ€™t Take It with YouÂ (1936, with Moss Hart);Â Dinner at Eight(1932, with Edna Ferber), a tart ensemble piece that mixes comedy and melodrama;Â Stage DoorÂ (1936, with Edna Ferber), his much-loved story about young actresses trying to make it big in New York City; andÂ The Man Who Came to DinnerÂ (1939, with Moss Hart), an unforgettable burlesque of Americaâ€™s cult of celebrity.

Bursting with vernacular wit, farcical ingenuity, and theatrical panache, these plays have remained beloved favorites and exuberant reminders of Broadway in its glory days.

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Manufacturer Library of America
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ItemPartNumber 9781931082679
Model 9781931082679
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ReleaseDate 2004-10-07
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UPCs 001931082677
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Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781931082679
Model	9781931082679
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2004-10-07
UnitCount	1
UPCs	001931082677
EANs	9781931082679

George S. Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies (LOA #152): The Royal Family / Animal Crackers / June Moon / Once in a Lifetime / Of Thee I Sing / You ... Stage Door / The Man Who (Library of America)

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