The Nervous Wreck
| Title | The Nervous Wreck |
| Year of Publication | 1926 |
| Publication Type | Playscript |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 138 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Davis, Owen |
| Publisher | Samuel French |
| City | New York |
| Keywords | chemists; hypochondria |
| Abstract | A stage play adaptation of the novel, The Nervous Wreck (1923), about Henry Williams, a Pittsburgh chemist who seeks to cure his hypochondria at an Arizona dude ranch. Pittsburgh becomes a running joke among the Westerners: “Pittsburgh! I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh.” |
| Notes | Based on the novel by E. J. Rath, a pseudonym of J. Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922) and Edith Rathbone Brainerd (1885-1922). |
| Author Biography | Owen Gould Davis (1874-1956), born in Portland, Maine, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He died in New York City. |
| Time | 1920s |
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