Street Scene
by Elmer Rice

Name: Street Scene
Brand: Elmer Rice
SKU: 9780573615894
Rating: 3.8 (104 reviews)

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Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

Winner! 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the rich character development and evocative setting of this 1929 play. Many find its portrayal of life in a New York tenement both dramatic and insightful, while the large cast adds to its complexity. However, some feel the meticulous stage directions can be overwhelming and that the pacing may be slow at times.

Rich character developmentEvocative settingDramatic portrayal of lifePacing may be slow at times

Synopsis

An outstanding Broadway success and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is a panorama of the comedy and tragedy of daily life played to the accompaniment of rumbling elevated trains and the tooting of whistles.

Though this remarkable play is primarily a slice of life in a poor neighborhood, it is held together by a strikingly dramatic plot which has to do with a theatrical scene shifter whose wife has been having a sordid affair with the milkman.

The husband returns unexpectedly and kills them both.

The incident serves chiefly to crystalize the viewpoint and very human reactions of the entire neighborhood.

This modern classic that catches the varying moods of daily life as it is lived by millions in a large metropolis.