Definition of Elmer rice

1. Noun. United States playwright (1892-1967).

Exact synonyms: Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Rice
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elmer Rice

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Ellsworth-Howard test
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Elmo
Elmont
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Elnath
Elodea
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Elodea densa
Eloesser procedure
Elohim
Elohist
Elohistic
Eloi
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Literary usage of Elmer rice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
"... "Transplanting Jean," a lively comedy, with Arthur Byron and Margaret co-stars; "Wake Up, Jonathan!", L if Professor Hatcher Hughes and elmer rice ..."

2. The Drama and the Stage by Ludwig Lewisohn (1922)
"... melodrama by Channing Pollock or elmer rice in which a foreign villain assails the virtue of American women and is foiled by some pure and heroic ..."

3. The Theatre of Tomorrow by Kenneth Macgowan (1921)
"The production by Arthur Hopkins in association with Cohan & Harris of On Trial, by elmer rice, signalized the impact of motion picture story-telling ..."

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