Act One

Author : Moss Hart
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466864603

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Act One by Moss Hart Pdf

The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling autobiography by the late playwright Moss Hart returns to print in the thirtieth anniversary of its original publication. Issued in tandem with Kitty, the revealing autobiography of his wife, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Act One, is a landmark memoir that influenced a generation of theatergoers, dramatists, and general book readers everywhere. The book eloquently chronicles Moss Hart's impoverished childhood in the Bronx and Brooklyn and his long, determined struggle to his first theatrical Broadway success, Once in a Lifetime. One of the most celebrated American theater books of the twentieth century and a glorious memorial to a bygone age, Act One if filled with all the wonder, drama, and heartbreak that surrounded Broadway in the 1920s and the years before World War II.

Author : Moss Hart
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443435314

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Act One by Moss Hart Pdf

Act One is the autobiography of Moss Hart, an American playwright and theatre director. Born into impoverished circumstances—his father was often unemployed—Hart left school at age twelve for a series of odd jobs that included being an entertainment director at a Catskills summer resort. Hart’s big break came in 1930 with the Broadway hit Once in a Lifetime, written with George Kaufman. The two would collaborate again on You Can’t Take It With You (1936) and The Man Who Came To Dinner (1939). You Can’t Take It With You won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937, and the 1938 film version, directed by Frank Capra, won Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Director. Act One was adapted for a 1963 film starring George Hamilton, and for a 2014 stage production starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Author : James Lapine,from the autobiography by Moss Hart
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822232179

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Act One by James Lapine,from the autobiography by Moss Hart Pdf

THE STORY: Growing up in an impoverished family in the Bronx, Moss Hart dreamed of being part of the glamorous world of the theatre. Forced to drop out of school at age thirteen, Hart’s famous memoir Act One is a classic Hortatio Alger story that plots Hart’s unlikely collaboration with the legendary playwright George S. Kaufman. Tony Award-winning writer and director James Lapine has adapted Act One for the stage, creating a funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful play that celebrates the making of a playwright and his play Once in a Lifetime. ACT ONE offers great fun to a director to utilize over fifty roles, which can be played by a cast as few as twelve, and in a production that can be done as simply or elaborately as desired.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11548553

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Naval art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015025950976

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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy by United States. Navy Department Pdf

Author : Ruth Philpott Collins
Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Camels
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Hubba-Hubba by Ruth Philpott Collins Pdf

Musa is overjoyed when his lame old camel has a foal. But the foal leads him into trouble and unexpected adventures in the desert.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781467756549

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 6637 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780310294146

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Holy Bible (NIV) by Various Authors, Pdf

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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the great denver railroad scam by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Engineering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101045274964

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Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Steam-Engineering for the Year ... by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Engineering Pdf

Author : Trudy Ludwig
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524771607

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The Power of One by Trudy Ludwig Pdf

One small act of kindness can change the world. From esteemed bullying expert and author of The Invisible Boy, Trudy Ludwig and Little Elliot illustrator Mike Curato comes a tale as simple--and simply inspiring--as the golden rule. When one child reaches out in friendship to a classmate who seems lonely, she begins a chain reaction of kindness that ripples throughout her school and her community. One kind act begets another, small good deeds make way for bigger ones, and eventually the whole neighborhood comes together to build something much greater than the sum of its parts. From acclaimed bullying expert Trudy Ludwig, The Power of One not only conveys a message of kindness, it offers concrete steps that kids can take to make a difference in their own communities. As Trudy says in the final line of the book: "Acts and words of kindness DO count, and it all starts with ONE."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:852178783

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Macbeth by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Frayn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350013681

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Frayn Plays: 1 by Michael Frayn Pdf

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) Alphabetical Order: "A comic essay about two types of woman... a very intelligent comedy because of its classic simplicity, and unusual in the way that the two types of women do not become stereotypes" (Daily Telegraph); Donkeys' Years, a satire on the establishment and British Institutions "Gorgeous farce, all the funnier for emerging from credible aspirations and natural anxieties... the play is richer and cannier than we expect farces to be." (New Statesman); Clouds, is a satire on government sponsored trips and a portrait of sexual jealousy,"it is poignantly and unerringly funny" (Guardian); Make and Break is a satirical commentary on British corporate interests abroad "Full of pain, ruthless observation, and a sense of humour which is sardonic, lunatic and warm" (Sunday Times); Noises Off - the West End hit play about a company of actors stepping from a sex farce into their own nightmarish lives backstage "A very intelligent joke about the fragility of all forms of drama...a pulverisingly funny play." (Guardian) "All of these plays are attempts to show something of the world, not to change it or to promote any particular idea of it. That's not to say there are no ideas in them. In fact what they are all about in one way or another is the way in which we impose our ideas upon the world around us...it might be objected that one single theme is a somewhat sparse provision to sustain five separate and dissimilar plays. I can only say that it is a theme which has occupied philosophers for over two thousand years and one which is likely to occupy them for at least two thousand more..."(Michael Frayn)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Harry Mason and the Case of the Anxious Alien by Anonim Pdf

Author : Moss Hart,George Simon Kaufman
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573613389

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Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart,George Simon Kaufman Pdf

"This is a knockabout satiric tale of three on-the-skids vaudeville troupers -- Jerry, Mae, and George -- who decide to head for Hollywood and try their luck at the newest craze: "talkies." After a hilarious series of consistent blunders, the unassuming George is carried to fame and fortune becoming (for a short time, at least) a captain of The Industry. This fast-paced, wild romp offers marvelous character opportunities, while spoofing the absurdities of Tinsel Town. "--Publisher's website.