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 Info | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran and Company, inc., 1945 [©1944] |
| Description | xvii, 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 note | On spine: S.R.O. Standing room only. |
| General note | "First edition." |
| Other title | Standing room only. |
| LCCN | 44051156 |