S.R.O. ; the most successful plays in the history of the American stage,compiled by Bennett Cerf and Van H. Cartmell; introduction by John Chapman.

Author/creator Cerf, Bennett
Other author Cartmell, Van H. (Van Henry), 1896-1966.
Format Book
Publication InfoGarden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran and Company, inc., 1945 [©1944]
Descriptionxvii, 920 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents The old-timers: Uncle Tom's cabin, by Hariet 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 Harold Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Arsenic and old lace, by Joseph Kesselring. Oklahoma! By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II.-- Biographical notes.
General noteOn spine: S.R.O. Standing room only.
General note"First edition."
Other titleStanding room only.
LCCN 44051156