The Wizards Of Quiz
by Steve Feffer

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: The play takes place in various locations around New York City and a Congressional Committee hearing room in Washington D.C. between the winter of 1956 and the winter of 1959.

Herbert Stempel, a twenty-nine-year-old Jewish ex-GI from For

Press Reviews

"Based on the true story of the quiz show scandal of the 1950s, fantasy and reality blend to tell the story of television's loss of innocence and the high cost of fame. “…Feffer has captured the emotional force of that frightened moment when an entire country realized it was being fooled into caring about an extended commercial for Geritol.” —Philadelphia City Paper. “Feffer finds media morality play and brittle tragicomedy in [THE WIZARDS OF QUIZ], telling a good stage yarn without heavy reliance on documentary crutches."

— Chicago Tribune

Publication

Year 1994
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822214069
ISBN-10 0822214067
LCCN 95154580
LCC PS3556.E36 W59 1994
DCC 812/.54

The Wizards Of Quiz is a American play written by Steve Feffer and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1994).

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