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Elmer Rice


On Trial was, of course, only the first of many successful plays by Elmer Rice. Among others have been The Adding Machine , Dream Girl, and Street Scene, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929. At present he is working on a new play —“not far enough along to be talked about.”

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"AUTHOR! AUTHOR", April 1965 | Vol. 16, No. 3
Or, How to Write a Smash Hit the First Time You Try

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