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R(obert) C(edric) Sherriff

2,496 words, approx. 9 pages

Robert Cedric Sherriff, son of Herbert Hankin and Constance Winder Sherriff, was born at Kingston-on-Thames, near London, where his father was an employee of the Sun Insurance Company. At seventeen, h... Read more

R(obert) C(edric) Sherriff

1,926 words, approx. 7 pages

R. C. Sherriff is remembered mainly for his plays, especially Journey's End (1929); despite the commercial success and critical acclaim enjoyed by his second novel, The Fortnight in September (1931), ... Read more

R(obert) C(edric) Sherriff

3,812 words, approx. 13 pages

R. C. Sherriff is chiefly remembered as the author of a single play, Journey's End, which was first produced at the Apollo Theatre in London in 1928. It was not his first play, but it was the one in w... Read more

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`Utopia' leads Drama Desk winners

433 words, approx. 2 pages

"The Coast of Utopia" was chosen best play of the New York theater season, and "Spring Awakening" was named best musical in awards given Sunday by the Drama Desk, an organization of theater journal... Read more

Suspense will be a casualty at the Tonys

581 words, approx. 2 pages

Suspense will be the most likely casualty at Sunday's 2007 Tony Awards when Broadway celebrates the best of the theater season."The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's mammoth, three-part examination ... Read more

Jefferson Mays plays Henry Higgins in a revival of `Pygmalion'

1,513 words, approx. 6 pages

By George, he's got it.Jefferson Mays will portray Henry Higgins in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," arriving on Broadway in October. No word yet on who will play Eliza Doolittle, th... Read more

Broadway ticket availability

1,513 words, approx. 6 pages

By George, he's got it. Jefferson Mays will portray Henry Higgins in a revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," arriving on Broadway in October. No word yet on who will play Eliza Doolittle, t... Read more

Rock and revolution score big at Tonys

754 words, approx. 3 pages

Musical theater rocks, says Duncan Sheik.And the Tonys agreed Sunday, giving "Spring Awakening," a musical about adolescent sexuality, eight awards, including best musical and best score by Sheik a... Read more

Playwrights look at war then and now

1,063 words, approx. 4 pages

War may be hell, but it often makes for good theater. The recent New York openings of two very different plays about two very different wars have given theatergoers an opportunity to examine how pl... Read more

Broadway ticket availability

1,556 words, approx. 6 pages

City Center, that Moorish palace of entertainment on West 55th Street, is known for its "Encores!" series, concert versions of vintage American musicals. Three are presented each year during the se... Read more