Voltaire smiles
Contributors: District of Columbia. Department of Recreation; Artists and Writers (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1951
Language: eng
Description: D.C. Recreation Department, twenty-third annual one-act play tournament 1951, Artists and Writers present "Voltaire Smiles," a new play written and directed by Karl Schuon.
Notes: Roosevelt Auditorium, preliminaries Tuesday, February 27, 1951.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Karl Schuon, Grace Pearson, Nan Ferguson, Hal Gould.

"Judges for preliminaries: Elmer Berraclough, Charles Hoffman, Yvonne Levy Kushner ... Finals. Thursday, March 8, 8:15 p.m. Judges for the finals: Jay Carmody, Evening Star, Richard Coe, Washington Post, James O'Neil, Jr., Daily News, Ernie Schier, Times-Herald".

LC copy shelved under: D.C. Recreation Dept.

With: The devil to pay, or, The wives metamorphos'd / Charles Coffey -- Dark Brown / Philip Johnson -- Nisbie walks out / Zelda Branch -- A woman's privilege / Maryjane and Joseph Hayes -- Suppressed desires / Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook -- The terrible meek / Charles Rann Kennedy -- Red Peppers / Noel Coward -- The lost people / Dorothy Clarke Wilson -- The man who married a dumb wife / Anatole France -- Still life / Noel Coward -- The Lady  of Larkspur lotion / Tennessee Williams -- The prisoners / David Turnburke -- The bishop's candlesticks -- The theatre of the soul / A. Yevrinov. Issued together.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).