// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was the loud speaker lonely? It had no one to talk to.
| Loud Speaker | |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Written by | John Howard Lawson |
| Genre | Modernist farce |
| Premiere | |
| Date | March 2, 1927 |
| Place | New Playwrights' Theatre |
Loud Speaker is a play by American playwright John Howard Lawson. It was first produced by the New Playwrights' Theatre at the 52nd Street Theatre in New York, opening on March 2 1927. Harry Wagstaff Gribble directed, Mordecai Gorelik designed the sets, Eugene L. Berton composed its music, and Leonard Sillman choreographed its dances.
Characters
[edit]- Harry U. Collins
- Peterson
- Emma Collins
- Maid
- Clare Collins
- Josephus
- Johnnie Dunne
- Floradora Finnigan
- A Stranger with a Beard
- Dorothy Dunne
- Armenian Iky
- 1st Reporter
- 2nd Reporter
- 3rd Reporter
- 1st Photographer
- 2nd Photographer
- The Harlem Committee
- The Imperial Serenaders
Sources
[edit]- Lawson, John Howard. 1927. Loud Speaker: A Farce. New York: The Macaulay Company.