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LLOYD MORRIS
(1893 - 1954)Nationality: USA
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Lloyd R. Morris (1893-1954), co-author with John Van Druten of the 1942 comedy The Damask Cheek, was an American author and critic. He wrote critical studies, fiction, plays, and a series of books on American culture. The New York Public Library has a collection of Morris memorabilia consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, legal and financial papers, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1916-1954, reflects Morris's involvement with literary and theatrical figures. Manuscripts contain a variety of works by Morris, generally in typescript, including book reviews, essays, plays, and his history of the theatre, Curtain Time. Also, appointment and address books, legal and financial papers relating mainly to royalties paid to Morris, photographs of Morris and his family, and clippings.
Research: http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/C0087
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Damask Cheek, TheDamask Cheek, The
Synopsis:
Costumes, 1909. the literate and charming comedy of manners which delighted New York audiences for months. the play has to do with a middle-aged and repressed English spinster who is sent to America to live with her aunt in the hope of finding a husband. Rhoda is secretly in love with her second cousin who treats her as a confidant, with condescension and misappraisal of her virtues. He fancies himself in love with a slightly tarnished young actress. But Rhoda, homely and sedate as she is, has feminine resources far greater than has the younger and more superficially glamorous woman. there is a secondary love story - that of an adolescent girl for a Don Juan much older than herself - and this story is beautifully depicted. there are also a number of amusing domestic crises, some anti-macassar conventions, some decorous philandering on the sly, and a rousing and very funny brawl involving two of the ladies. the quick, witty and subtle dialogue is a delight in itself - polished and graceful.
Notes:
Written by John Van Druten And Lloyd Morris
1st Produced:
Playhouse Theatre, NY 22 Oct 1942
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1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc -
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Genre:
comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 6 Other: -
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