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Jerome Lawrence

JEROME LAWRENCE

  (1915 - 2004)
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Cleveland, OH. Graduated Ohio State U., Phi Beta KappA. Doctor of Fine Arts, Villanova U., Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio State U., and Doctor of Literature, Fairleigh Dickinson U. Only playwright on Drama Panel, U.S. State Dept. Culture exchange. Founding father of: armed Forces Radio Service; American Playwrights Theatre and Margo Jones award. author of biog-raphy, actor: the Life and Times of Paul Muni. Master Playwright at N.Y.U., visiting professor: Baylor; Ohio State; Salzburg Seminar in ameri-can Studies. Board Member: American Conserv-atory Theatre; National Repertory Theatre; Dramatists Guild; authors League. Director at Dallas Theatre Center, Dublin Theatre Festival, Barter Theatre, many others. Lawrence and Lee's plays have been translated and performed in thirty-One languages. Recipient: Multiple awards including two Peabody awards in Broadcasting; Donaldson award; Two Tony awards; Outer Circle Critics award; American Theatre association Lifetime achievement award; aSCaP; Variety Critics Poll; British Drama Critics Winner and many others.
address (in 1981): 21056 Las Flores Mesa Drive, Malibu, Ca 90265
agent (in 1981): Harold Freedman, Brandt & Brandt, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (212) 840-5760

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         Angels Weep, The         Annie Laurie         Auntie Mame         Call On Kuprin, A         Checkmate         City Has Lost Its Angels, The         Crocodile Smile, The         Dear World         Diamond Orchid         Dilly         Eclipse         Familiar Stranger, The         First Monday In October         Gang's All Here, The         Houseboat In Kashmir         Incomparable Max, The         Inherit the Wind         Inside A Kid's Head         Jabberwock         Laugh Maker, The         Laugh, God!         Live Spelled Backwards         Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'         Mame         Night Thoreau Spent In Jail, The         Only In America         Paris, France         Roaring Camp         Shangri-La         Short And Sweet         Some Say In Ice         Sparks Fly Upward         Tomorrow         Top Of the Mark         Turn On the Night         Whisper In the Mind
Angels Weep, The

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in Studies in American Drama 1945 to the Present, Columbus, Ohio, 1992   

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Annie Laurie

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

1st Produced:
Los Angeles, Ca    

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1st Published:
Harms, Inc. c/o Warner Bros., Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019,    

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Musicplay Musical

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Auntie Mame

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This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America's most popular musicals, aUNTIe MaMe set a standard for Broadway comedy that's been sought after ever since. "auntie Mame was a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape from 1928 to the immediate past by her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew, who grew up to be Patrick Dennis. Through fortunes that rose and fell and a pleasant but brief marriage to a likable Southerner, who had the bad luck to tumble down from the Matterhorn, auntie Mame's chief concern was that nephew, whom she raised. . .[the play's] central figure is a woman of spirit, innate kindness and undefeatable courage. . ."-NY Post.

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written with Robert e Lee, Aka Mame, work by Patrick Dennis

1st Produced:
New York     1956

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1st Published:
Vanguard Press, New York, 1957   

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Genre:
adaptation. - - Gay, theme/character full length

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Male:  25            Female:  12            Other:  3 boys (these include numerous bit parts, and extensive doubling is possible): 20 total

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Call On Kuprin, A

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written with Robert e Lee, novel by Maurice edelman

1st Produced:
New York     1961

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1962   

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Checkmate

Synopsis:
an American tourist in Russian during the cold war endeavours to help old university friend defect

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written with Robert e Lee; novel by Maurice edelman

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Samuel French, NY,    

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MeloDrama

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City Has Lost Its Angels, The

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Crocodile Smile, The

Synopsis:
Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. a beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. the second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee. As the Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. As Turn On the Night, Philadelphia, 1962

1st Produced:
Flatrock, North Carolina     1970

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  1 boy, extras

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Dear World

Dear World
An oil company has discovered oil under a bistro in Paris. Living in the basement of the bistro is the Countess Aurelia. The Countess is known as the "Mad Woman of Chaillot" because she was driven mad by the loss of her lover. The company decide to blow up the bistro as the only way to get their hands on the land. Julian a young executive in the company has fallen in love with Nina the waitress at the bistro. He decides to thwart his company. The Countess leads all the other executives of the company off into the sewers

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Giraudoux (the Madwoman of Chaillot); with Robert e Lee, music by Jerry Herman

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York     06 Feb 1969

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Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (48220) 1969

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Genre:
adaptation Musical

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Diamond Orchid

Synopsis:
even in her early days as an obscure radio actress, the natively keen-minded Felicia exploits every opportunity to obtain personal recognition. She meets a young army Colonel, who launches her into the stratosphere of society, and who, after a coup, becomes President of the Republic. arranging to become his wife and the First Lady, Felicia accumulates more and more power for herself, becoming lady bountiful to her adoring "Strongbacks." She begins to overshadow her husband, dominating the wealth and politics of her country and moving toward a kind of sainthood which will make her position unassailable. But despite her triumphant rise, Felicia is unable to gain what she wants most-acceptance by the social and intellectual elite of the nation. Rejection by the Pope is the final indignity which breaks her spirit and health. Her husband falls heir to an empty empire; as the play ends, there are intimations that, without her exotic aura, all will be lost as quickly and Dramatically as it was created.

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee, Aka Sparks Fly Upwards

1st Produced:
New York     1965

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1969   

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  6            Other:  extras

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Dilly

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score, Vernon Duke, Lawrence & Lee

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Eclipse

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Familiar Stranger, The

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

1st Produced:
Los Angeles, Ca    

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1st Published:
Harms, Inc. c/o Warner Bros., Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019,    

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First Monday In October

Synopsis:
confrontation as President appoints a conservative woman to the previously exclusive all male Supreme court

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Cleveland     1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1979   

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gang's All Here, The

Synopsis:
Hastings, the easy going President in the White House, presides over corruption

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
New York     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
World, Cleveland, 1960   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  15            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Houseboat In Kashmir

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Incomparable Max, The

Synopsis:
the play begins with the appearance of "the incomparable Max" himself-critic, wit, caricaturist and satirist of matchless brilliance. the action then moves smoothly on to Max's encounter with enoch Soames, a down-and-out poet whose arrogance far outstrips his accomplishments. But Soames, convinced of his genius, makes a pact with the devil to discover what posterity will say of him one hundred years hence. His ensuing adventure, which takes him to the eerily computerized reading room of the British Museum in 1997, is funny, touching, and concluded with the kind of masterly ironic twist for which the Beerbohm stories are so justly celebrated. In the second portion of the play, Max meets one a.V. Laider, a young man deeply interested in palmistry, and the glimpses of the future it reputedly can provide. their casual discussion of the subject turns steadily more gripping-and horrifying-as the action of the play depicts the dreadful moment when Laider, aware that a train is about to be wrecked, lacked the will po

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Abingdon, Virginia     1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York, 1972   

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind
Based on the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" trial in which science teacher John Scopes was accused of violating a Tennessee state statute by teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to his students

Notes:
written by Jerome Lawrence And Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Dallas Tx     1955

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1st Published:
Random House, New York, 1955
Bantam Books   

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Genre:
Human Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Inside A Kid's Head

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Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

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1st Published:
in Radio Drama in action, ed erik Barnouw, Farrar and Rinehart, NY, 1945   

Music:
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Jabberwock

Synopsis:
Improbabilities Lived and Imagined By James Thurber In the Fictional City Of Columbus, Ohio

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Columbus, Ohio     1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1974   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  26            Female:  17            Other:  -

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Laugh Maker, The

Synopsis:
Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. a beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. the second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee. As the Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. As Turn On the Night, Philadelphia, 1962

1st Produced:
Hollywood     1952

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  1 boy, extras

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Laugh, God!

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1st Produced:
Ohio State University, Oh    

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1st Published:
in Six anti-Nazi One act Plays, Contemporary Play Publications, NY, 1939   

Music:
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One act

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Live Spelled Backwards

Synopsis:
the scene is the American Bar in a sleepy Moroccan town, where a varied group of jaded expatriates gathers each evening seeking respite from the emptiness of their existence. This evening the bartender, Frank, offers them a special treat-a variety of mind-enhancing drugs. accepting eagerly they are soon experiencing the eerie thrill of expanded awareness, until Frank announces that it is all a hoax, and drugs merely harmless powder. their reactions vary from anger, to disenchantment, to a sudden determination to return to the mainstream of life. But there are also those who defy his allegation and cling desperately to the joyous release the "drugs" have brought them. as the play ends, an uncertain Frank tentatively samples his own wares-and slowly but surely begins to experience the unearthly sensations for which he had scoffed at the others.

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1st Produced:
Beverley Hills, California     1966

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1970   

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Genre:
Moral Immorality Play 1 act One act

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'

Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'
A former vaudevillian and millionairess gives a Russian ballet company a million dollars so that she can dance with them. A chorographer friend modernises their dancing and wins a Hollywood contract

Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; lyrics by Hugh Martin; book by Jerome Lawrence; book by Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, New York     1948

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Music:
Original cast recording: Decca (B0003571-02) 1948

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Genre:
Musical

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Mame

Mame
This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America's most popular musicals, aUNTIe MaMe set a standard for Broadway comedy that's been sought after ever since. "auntie Mame was a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape from 1928 to the immediate past by her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew, who grew up to be Patrick Dennis. Through fortunes that rose and fell and a pleasant but brief marriage to a likable Southerner, who had the bad luck to tumble down from the Matterhorn, auntie Mame's chief concern was that nephew, whom she raised. . .[the play's] central figure is a woman of spirit, innate kindness and undefeatable courage. . ."-NY Post.

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Jerry Herman; book by Jerome Lawrence; Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, New York     24 May 1966

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Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (CK-3000) 1966

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  25            Female:  12            Other:  3 boys (these include numerous bit parts, and extensive doubling is possible): 20 total

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Night Thoreau Spent In Jail, The

Night Thoreau Spent In Jail, The
the most produced play of our time: the long journey of the soul of Henry David Thoreau from being a hermit to rejoining the human race - during his one night in jail.

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee

1st Produced:
Columbus, Ohio     1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York, 1970   

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Genre:
Biographical

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Only In America

Synopsis:
a Jewish journalist leaves New York and settles in North Carolina. He has a book published that leads to an anonymous letter being sent threatening to open old wounds. the journalist decides to give up and move away but in inundated with telegrams begging him to stay

Notes:
written with Robert e Lee, work by Harry Golden

1st Produced:
New York     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960   

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Paris, France

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Roaring Camp

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music, Dvorak; lyrics, Lawrence & Lee

1st Produced:
Los Angeles, Ca    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

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Shangri-La

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Robert e Lee And James Hilton, music by Harry warren, novel Lost Horizon by Hilton

1st Produced:
New York     1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Morris Music, New York, 1956   

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Short And Sweet

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Some Say In Ice

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Sparks Fly Upward

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a scathing portrait of the flammable evita Peron. even in her early days as an obscure radio actress, the natively keen-minded Felicia exploits every opportunity to obtain personal recognition. She meets a young army Colonel, who launches her into the stratosphere of society, and who, after a coup, becomes President of the Republic. arranging to become his wife and the First Lady, Felicia accumulates more and more power for herself, becoming lady bountiful to her adoring "Strongbacks." She begins to overshadow her husband, dominating the wealth and politics of her country and moving toward a kind of sainthood which will make her position unassailable. But despite her triumphant rise, Felicia is unable to gain what she wants most-acceptance by the social and intellectual elite of the nation. Rejection by the Pope is the final indignity which breaks her spirit and health. Her husband falls heir to an empty empire; as the play ends, there are intimations that, without her exotic aura, all will be lost as quickly and Dramatically as it was created.

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written with Robert e Lee, Aka Diamond Orchid

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Dallas     1967

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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1969   

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Tomorrow

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written with Budd Schulberg

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in "Free World theatre", Random House, New York, 1944   

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Top Of the Mark

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written by Robert e Lee And Jerome Lawrence

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Turn On the Night

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Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. a beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. the second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre

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written with Robert e Lee. As the Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. As Turn On the Night, Philadelphia, 1962

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Philadelphia     1960

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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972   

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Whisper In the Mind

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written with Robert e Lee And Norman Cousins

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Temple, Arizona     1990

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