The Nervous Wreck
| Year of Publication |
1926
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| Publication Type |
Playscript
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
138 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Samuel French
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| City |
New York
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| 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.”
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| Notes |
Based on the novel by E. J. Rath, a pseudonym of J. Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922) and Edith Rathbone Brainerd (1885-1922).
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| Author Biography |
Owen Gould Davis (1874-1956), born in Portland, Maine, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He died in New York City.
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| Time |
1920s
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