Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber (1887-1968) was an American novelist and playwright whose camera-like regional descriptions and vigorous portraiture of ordinary men and women made her one of the most popular authors of the early 20th century. Her first professional writing was done for newspapers in Wisconsin and, later, Chicago. In 1911, she began publishing fiction, with initial fame coming from a series of short stories about Emma McChesney, a traveling saleswoman. In 1925, Miss Ferber won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big (1924). Her other novels include Dawn O'Hara (1919), The Girls (1921), Show Boat (1926), Cimarron (1930), Come and Get It (1934), Saratoga Trunk (1941), Giant (1952), and Ice Palace (1958). With George S. Kaufman, she co-authored some of the most successful plays of the period: The Royal Family (1927), Dinner At Eight (1932), Stage Door (1936) and The Land Is Bright (1941). Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern famously adapted Ferber's Show Boat into a landmark musical in 1927.
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Giant
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaGiant
Sybille Pearson , Michael John LaChiusa , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 10w, 16m
Based on the classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, Giant is a sweeping, epic, multi-generational chronicle of a Texas oil family.
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Show Boat (Goodspeed Version)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaShow Boat (Goodspeed Version)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber ,Rob Ruggiero
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 4m
This classic musical, centered around the Hawkes family, follows forty years in the lives of the people connected with a Mississippi River show boat. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love.
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Show Boat (Harold Prince Version)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyShow Boat (Harold Prince Version)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Comedy
This classic musical, centered around the Hawkes family, follows forty years in the lives of the people connected with a Mississippi River show boat. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love.
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Show Boat (1927)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaShow Boat (1927)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 8w, 9m, 1girl(s)
This classic musical, centered around the Hawkes family, follows forty years in the lives of the people connected with a Mississippi River show boat. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love.
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Giant
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaGiant
Sybille Pearson , Michael John LaChiusa , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 10w, 16m
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Show Boat (Goodspeed Version)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaShow Boat (Goodspeed Version)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber ,Rob Ruggiero
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 5w, 4m
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Show Boat (Harold Prince Version)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyShow Boat (Harold Prince Version)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Comedy
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Show Boat (1927)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, DramaShow Boat (1927)
Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern , Edna Ferber
Full-Length Musical, Drama / 8w, 9m, 1girl(s)
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