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Mr. Clemens and Mr. Brown
Author(s):
Sally Netzel
About half the lies in this play originated with Mark Twain, all the rest come from Sally Netzel, with great affection. Truth plays a minor part, Samuel Clemens and his family live in Hartford, Conn., in 1885; Harriet Beecher Stowe in her dotage was a neighbor of theirs; Louisa May Alcott saw to it that "Huckleberry Finn" was banned in Concord because it was "trash"; and Mark Twain was hurt by her review of his masterpiece. And it is true that from that date, Twain's writing changed from the rich sprawl of anecdote to sparse moral and logical clarity, and wry satire began to darken into cynicism. "Mr. Clemens and Mr. Brown" is a comedy of that time of change, of the happy conflict between a man and his youth, honesty and pretension, tradition and the wildly approaching turn of the century. And it's all lies!
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | 75 minutes | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 10 | | Male Characters: | 3 | | Female Characters: | 7 | | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: |
$60.00 /per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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