Title: S.R.O.
Subtitle: the most successful plays in the history of the American stage
First published: 1944
Description: The old-timers: Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet B. Stowe (revised version by A. E. Thomas) East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wood. The two orphans, by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon.
        Starring vehicles: The old homestead, by Denman Thompson. Rip Van Winkle, as played by Joseph Jefferson. The man from home, by Booth Tarkington and H. L. Wilson.
        Not so long ago: Peg o' my heart, by J. H. Manners. Lightnin', by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. The bat, by Mary R. Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
        You can't laugh them off: Abie's Irish Rose, by Anne Nichols. Tobacco road, by Erskine Caldwell.
        Today and forever: Life with father, by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring. Oklahoma! By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II.
        Bibliographical notes.
Subjects: American drama