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Elmer Rice. Full Name: Elmer Leopold Reizenstein. Profession: Playwright and Novelist. Nationality: American. Biography: Elmer Rice was an American playwright and novelist. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine and Dream Girl. He was a leading figure of the American Realist movement. Rice was born in New York City in 1892.
Abstract. In April 1959, Theatre Arts had an article on Elmer Rice entitled ‘Playwriting’s Old Pro’, an allusion to his forty-five years as a dramatist. He is indeed a thorough professional. A salesperson sells wares, a ditchdigger digs ditches, a telephone operator answers phone calls, a writer writes: each putting in his day at store ...
The Adding Machine is a 1923 play by Elmer Rice; it has been called "... a landmark of American Expressionism, reflecting the growing interest in this highly subjective and nonrealistic form of modern drama."
Elmer Rice was born on 28 September 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Holiday Inn (1942), Journey to Jerusalem (1941) and On Trial (1928). He was married to Barbara Talbot (Ambrose) Marshall, Betty Field and Hazel Levy.
Elmer Rice (born Sept. 28, 1892, New York City—died May 8, 1967, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng.) was an American playwright, director, and novelist noted for his innovative and polemical plays. Rice graduated from the New York Law School in 1912 but soon turned to writing plays. His first work, the melodramatic On Trial (1914), was the first ...
Elmer Rice was born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein on September 28, 1892, in New York City. Rice left high school in order to work as a clerk to help contribute financially to his family. He later earned a high school certificate and graduated from the New York Law School in 1912.
Street Scene. (play) Street Scene is a 1929 American play by Elmer Rice. It opened January 10, 1929, at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City. After a total of 601 performances on Broadway, the production toured the United States and ran for six months in London. The action of the play takes place entirely on the front stoop of a New York City ...
