biography
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Rice, (Leopold) Elmer
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originally Elmer Leopold Reizenstein
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| (1892–1967)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in New York City, New York, USA. A lawyer by training, for a time he specialized in courtroom dramas, and his first play On Trial (1914), was notable for its use of flashbacks. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for Street Scene, he had 24 plays produced on Broadway. His later, less successful work dealt with current political events, including the Depression (We the People, 1933) and the Reichstag trial (Judgment Day, 1934). |
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