Presents the complete scripts, including song lyrics, for two Broadway musicals based on Roman and Greek plays

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/the Frogs

Literature & Fiction

Sondheim, Stephen

Gelbart, Larry

Shevelove, Burt

Dramas & Plays

Dodd, Mead

Sly Fox (sly cooper) is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson's Volpone (The Fox), updating the setting from Renaissance Venice to 19th century San Francisco, and changing the tone from satire to farce.

Sly Fox Comedy in Two Acts Adapted from Volpone

History & Criticism

Samuel French Inc Plays

The Tony Award-winning playwright and creator of TV's MASH has fashioned a wickedly funny satire about the Iran-Contra Senate hearings and their participants. A top-notch Hollywood cast, headed by Edward Asner and Walter Matthau, brings this scathing comedy to life. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Edward Asner, Melanie Chartoff, Jack Coleman, Eric Douglas, Charles Durning, Judyann Elder, Hector Elizondo, Robin Gammell, Harold Gould, Arye Gross, Walter Matthau, John Randolph, William Schallert, Joe Spano, Jesse White and Harris Yulin.

Mastergate: A play on words

S. French

Comedy Characters: 3 male, 1 female This play was the recipient of the Selma Melvoin Playwriting Award, given by Northlight Theatre in Chicago, IL. As Better Late opens, Julian (Nussbaum) is forced to move in with his ex-wife and her new husband in order to recuperate from a sudden illness. With each passing day, the awkward situation spirals further and further out of control. As the laughter builds, the question becomes: how long will Julian have to stay? T

Better Late (Samuel French Acting Editions)

Concord Theatricals

This political comedy from acclaimed film, theatre, and television legend Larry Gelbart examines the long-term consequences of the Bush-era White House through an imaginary hearing investigating the abrogation of human rights under the Bush regime.\nHillary Clinton is now president and, in an attempt to sift through the debris of the post-Bush regime, holds a congressional meeting to explore how the atrocities during the previous administration could have possibly happened. As the hearing progressing, some shocking truths about the infamous conservative leaders are revealed.

Abrogate

Larry Gelbart is the comic genius who developed M*A*S*H for TV, one of the longest-running, most beloved series in history; he was a much-admired member of that memorable gaggle of writers who worked for Sid Caesar, which also included Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon; and he's written successful movies like Tootsie and Oh, God!, smash hits for Broadway, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels, TV comedy-dramas like Barbarians at the Gate and Weapons of Mass Distraction, and more. His book now adds to the fun. Part memoir, part sampler, part love letter, Gelbart tells of writing radio comedy at age sixteen for Danny Thomas--and later for Bob Hope, Jack Paar, and Red Buttons; he offers behind-the-set stories about Milton Berle, George C. Scott, and George Burns, "Klinger" and "Radar" and "Father Mulcahy"; and he lets us know about the places he's lived and how he's lived and what he's learned while doing so. Not everything is played for laughs. Some of Laughing Matters is serious--Gelbart is a wit, not a gag writer, and he cares deeply about writing. Some is touching--for instance, his account of the last days of M*A*S*H. His sketches of comedy performers and writers are "elegant," said Publishers Weekly in an early review, his sense of form original. He's won Emmys, Tonys, and Peabody awards, he's twice been nominated for an Academy Award, and now, in print, he may well win your heart. A lot of funny things happened on the way to this book--and you'll be hugely entertained.

Laughing Matters:: On Writing M*A*S*H, Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Random House]

The writer who developed the acclaimed series "M*A*S*H," among other hits, looks back on his long career from radio onward in the company of Mel Brooks, Jack Paar, and Neil Simon

Laughing Matters: On Writing M*A*S*H, Tootsie, Oh, God! and a Few Other Funny Things (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES)

Humor & Entertainment

G.K.Hall & Co.

inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire of•Bach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Cloth (Applause Musical Library)

Arts & Photography

Plautus, Titus Maccius

Music

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

The script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs. Hardcover.

City of Angels (Applause Libretto Library)

Applause

The libretto to the Tony winning musical featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs.

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Books by Gelbart, Larry

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum/the Frogs

Sly Fox Comedy in Two Acts Adapted from Volpone

Mastergate: A play on words

Better Late (Samuel French Acting Editions)

Abrogate

Laughing Matters:: On Writing MAS*H, Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things

Laughing Matters: On Writing MAS*H, Tootsie, Oh, God! and a Few Other Funny Things (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES)

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Cloth (Applause Musical Library)

City of Angels (Applause Libretto Library)

City of Angels (Applause Libretto Library)