Street Scene
By Elmer Rice
1929
First Published
3.72
Average Rating
237
Number of Pages
Drama. Elmer Rice. 16 m., 11 f. Ext. An outstanding Broadway success and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is a panorama of the comedy and tragedy of daily life played to the accompaniment of rumbling elevated trains and the tooting of whistles. Though this remarkable play is primarily a slice of life in a poor neighborhood, it is held together by a strikingly dramatic plot which has to do with a theatrical scene-shifter whose wife has been having a sordid affair with the milkman. The husband returns unexpectedly and kills them both. The incident serves chiefly to crystalize the viewpoint and very human reactions of the entire neighborhood. This modern classic that catches the varying moods of daily life as it is lived by millions in a large metropolis. $6.25 list price. (Royalty, $50-$35, Sam French)
Avg Rating
3.72
Number of Ratings
98
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
45%
3 STARS
30%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Elmer Rice
Author · 6 books
Expressionist plays of noted American playwright Elmer Leopold Rice include The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929). He authored novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer\_Rice
