Kaufman & Co.
Subtitle: Broadway comedies
By: George S. Kaufman with Edna Ferber ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.; Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961.; Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961.; Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933.; Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.; Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961.; Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961.; Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968.; Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.; Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.
Series: The Library of America ;; 152
Publisher: Library of America; Library of America, The
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 911
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century.; American drama (Comedy); Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Other 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.
Table of contents: title: The royal family / George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber; title: Animal crackers / George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind; title: June moon / Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman; title: Once in a lifetime / Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman; title: Of thee I sing / George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind; title: Dinner at Eight / George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber; title: Stage Door / Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman; title: You can't take it with you / Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman; title: The man who came to dinner / Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.