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Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

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Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

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Dorothy Parker holds a place in history as one of New Yorkâ€™s most beloved writers. Now, for the first time in nearly a century, the public is invited to enjoy Mrs. Parkerâ€™s sharp wit and biting commentary on the Jazz Age hits and flops in this first-ever published collection of her groundbreaking Broadway reviews.

Starting when she was twenty-four at Vanity Fair as New Yorkâ€™s only female theatre critic, Mrs. Parker reviewed some of the biggest names of the era: the Barrymores, George M. Cohan, W.C. Fields, Helen Hayes, Al Jolson, Eugene Oâ€™Neil, Will Rogers, and the Ziegfeld Follies. Her words of praiseâ€”and contemptâ€”for the dramas, comedies, musicals, and revues are just as fresh and funny today as they were in the age of speakeasies and bathtub gin. Annotated with a notes section by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, president of the Dorothy Parker Society, the volume shares Parkerâ€™s outspoken opinions of a great era of live theatre in America, from a time before radio, talking pictures, and television decimated attendance.

Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918â€“1923 provides a fascinating glimpse of Broadway in its Golden Era and literary life in New York through the eyes of a renowned theatre critic.

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Country	USA
Author	Dorothy Parker
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781491722664
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	iUniverse
Manufacturer	iUniverse
NumberOfPages	514
PublicationDate	2014-05-01
Publisher	iUniverse
ReleaseDate	2014-05-01
Studio	iUniverse

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