Mister Roberts
by Joshua Logan, Thomas Heggen

Broadway
Mister Roberts Book Cover
Mister Roberts Cover

Highlights

120 mins 1940s/WWII Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Winner! Five 1948 Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Author

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

Year 1976
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822207658
ISBN-10 0822207656

Mister Roberts is a American comedy play written by Joshua Logan and published by Dramatists Play Service (1976).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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