A New York bachelor must resume his writing career or lose custody of his precocious young nephew

A Thousand Clowns

Literature & Fiction

Gardner, Herb.

Dramas & Plays

Penguin??Books

The dramedy focuses on elderly Max Silverman, who is determined to reopen the Coney Island boardwalk hot dog stand he closed twenty-two years earlier for renovation, despite the fact he's recovering from a severe heart attack and it's the middle of February. He demands assistance from his daughter Nancy, who abandoned her husband, changed her name from Shirley, and had a nose job in an effort to assume a new and more exciting identity but has come to realize it takes more than a $4,000 rhinoplasty to erase the past. Into their lives arrives neurotic Arthur Korman, who comes to the beach to watch the sunrise and forget he despises his career choice and inability to quit a job he hates. With the help of each other, the trio manages to jump start their individual dreams before tragedy intercedes.

The goodbye people;: A play

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

A Thousand Clowns was first presented by Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, April 5, 1962. Jason Robards, Jr was in the cast Significativa dedica con firma autografa dell'Attore Jason Robards Jr, datata Sept. 28, 1967 (Substantial inscription signed by the actor Jason Robards Jr, dated Sept. 28, 1967). Una seconda dedica con disegno a penna di autore non identificato (ved. Im.). 8vo pp. 126 Rilegato mezza tela, sovracoperta (half-cloth binding, dust jacket) Sovracoperta sciupata ai margini con strappetti e mancanze (Some chipping and nicks around top and bottom of dust jacket) Molto Buono (Very Good)

Random House]

Herb Gardner 
Comedy
Characters: 4 male, 1 female, 12 year-old boy
 2 Interior scenes 
This benchmark of Broadway comedy produced one of the theatre's most beloved roles: unconventional Murray, uncle to precocious nephew, Nick. Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for "Chipper the Chipmunk", a children's television star, Murray finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his...pursuits. Lectured by his conventional brother Arnold and hounded by "the system", Murray is paid a visit by bickering, uptight social workers, Sandra and Albert, and finds himself solving their problems as well as most of his own.
"Would be a standout comedy in any season. Filled with laughter and warmth and sweetness and inspired daffiness. One of the quintessential New York comedies."-New York Daily News "An extraordinarily funny play with some brilliantly offbeat lines."-The New York Post

A Thousand Clowns: A Play in Three Acts

Samuel French, Inc.

The author of A Thousand Clowns brings us another set of the particular creatures that are New Yorkers.

I'm Not Rappaport

Concord Theatricals

Conversations With My Father: A Play

CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER: A Play

Pantheon

Dramatizes the relationship between an immigrant Jewish father and his son as they try to come to terms with the traditions of their culture and the new demands of being an American

Pantheon Books

Two elderly men, Nat Moyer, a Jewish radical, and Midge Carter, a Black superintendent meet each day on a bench in Central Park

The Grove Press

Two elderly men, Nat Moyer, a Jewish radical, and Midge Carter, a Black superintendent meet each day on a bench in Central Park

Grove Pr

Herb Gardner ComedyCharacters: 4 male, 1 female, 12 year-old boy 2 Interior scenes This benchmark of Broadway comedy produced one of the theatre's most beloved roles: unconventional Murray, uncle to precocious nephew, Nick. Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for "Chipper the Chipmunk," a children's television star, Murray finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his...pursuits. Lectured by his conventional brother Arnold and hounded by "the system," Murray is paid a visit by bickering, uptight social workers, Sandra and Albert, and finds himself solving their problems as well as most of his own."Would be a standout comedy in any season. Filled with laughter and warmth and sweetness and inspired daffiness. One of the quintessential New York comedies."-New York Daily News "An extraordinarily funny play with some brilliantly offbeat lines."-The New York Post

A Thousand Clowns: A New Comedy

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A Thousand Clowns

The goodbye people;: A play

A Thousand Clowns

A Thousand Clowns: A Play in Three Acts

I'm Not Rappaport

CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER: A Play

Conversations With My Father: A Play

I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport

A Thousand Clowns: A New Comedy