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Typed Note Signed.

RICE, Elmer (1893-1967).

This prolific American playwright is now remembered primarily for the wildly successful "The Adding Machine" (1923) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Street Scene" (1929). Item #40830

TNS, 1p, 8½" X 7¼", New York, NY, 1939 October 10.Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Fine. On letterhead of "The Playwrights' Company" which lists him and other notable such as Robert E. Sherwood, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Maxwell Anderson and others as "Directors," Rice thanks this admirer "for your birthday greetings. I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness...." Boldly signed.

Price: $95.00