Herb Gardner
Author
Publisher
Nelson Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1979?]
Language
English
Description
A THOUSAND CLOWNS: Murray Burns (formerly of the Chuckles the Chipmunk show) and his precocious nephew Nick, have a far from humdrum life together- until two social workers come to investigate. Can Murray, a lovable nonconformist, straighten up and do right by the kid he loves? You bet.
THIEVES: In their 12 years of marriage, the Cramers have moved from the colorful Lower East Side to the expensive Upper East Side, accumulating a lot of furniture...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
This play is the story of Murray Burns, who is raising his twelve-year-old nephew in New York City. Murray quits his job as head writer of a TV show. That life does not only happen on the weekends. He prefers going to the movies instead of looking for a job. When social workers from the Bureau of Child Welfare come to investigate, they try to convince him to get another job. He must decide whether to accept some level of conformity in order to be...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
This play tells the story of an unconventional man who is forced to get a conventional job in order to take care of his young nephew who lives with him. The story is complicated further when a social worker is assigned to their case.
Author
Publisher
S. French
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
"I'm Not Rappaport! takes place under a bridge in Central Park, where two octogenarians, one white one black, meet regularly, determined to fight off all attempts to put them out to pasture. Nat is a cantankerous Communist whose daughter is urging him into the old folk's home. Midge, an apartment superintendent spends his days in the park hiding in the past and from his disgruntled tenants."--Publisher's description.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
©2004, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
Eighty-one year old Nat Moyer is a compulsive and fanciful talker, a feisty philosopher, and a troublemaker given to assuming personalities. His daily companion on a bench in New York's Central Park is Midge Carter, a half-blind apartment house superintendent. Midge's approach to life is realistic and down-to-earth, making him the perfect foil for Nat. With vaudevillian flair, these appealing oldsters outrageously take on the world and its multiple...
