Mister Roberts
by Joshua Logan, Thomas Heggen
Highlights
Awards & Recognition
Winner! Five 1948 Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Author
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the humor and charm of the play, highlighting character growth and supportive relationships among the men. However, some find the themes to be rooted in toxic masculinity and feel that the material is somewhat predictable and dated.
Synopsis
THE STORY: This rowdy, realistic saga of a group of American sailors aboard a Navy cargo vessel in the Pacific shows the crew suffering from that deadly boredom that is part of the routine of war.
To the ship's company, the Skipper is a cantankerou
Press Reviews
"To Mister Roberts and all hands involved in one of the season’s greatest pleasures: Well done!"
— The New York Times
"One of the outstanding successes of the modern theater... the greatest of war plays."
— New York Herald-Tribune
Characters
| Character |
|---|
The Captain |
Doc |
Ensign Pulver |
Wiley |
Gerhart |
Lieutenant Ann Girard |
Reber |
Shore Patrol Officer |
Stefanowski |
Military Policeman |
Shore Patrolman |
Schlemmer |
Cheif Johnson |
Insignia |
Lindstrom |
Dowdy |
Mannion |
Payne |
Dolan |
Lieutenant Roberts |
Publication
Mister Roberts is a American comedy play written by Joshua Logan and published by Dramatists Play Service (1976).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1976 · 72 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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