Elmer Rice Letters 1932, 1951

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Elmer Rice Letters 1932, 1951

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/r/rice_e.htm

American playwright. Letter from Rice during his trip to Russia, and a one-sentence note.

1 folder (SC)

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362553

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Gilmore, Coburn.

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Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967

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Dramatist Elmer Rice was born and raised in Manhattan. Working as a file clerk, he earned a high-school equivalency diploma and entered New York Law School, passing the bar exam. He quit his job with a law firm to write plays, and within eight months his play On Trial was a critical and popular success. In a career marked by success and innovation, the prolific Rice produced socially-conscious drama as well as accessible entertainment; he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for Street Scene. He directe...