Mary Chase (playwright)

Mary Coyle Chase McDonough ( born February 25, 1907 in Denver, Colorado, † October 20, 1981 ibid ) was an American writer.

Her mother was of Irish descent, which may explain the love of the author for Irish mythology. After college and working as a journalist, she married in 1928 the newspaper reporter Robert Lamont Chase. As a housewife and mother, she began to write plays.

After two largely ignored pieces she succeeded in 1944 with my friend Harvey the breakthrough for which she also received the " Pulitzer Prize for drama " 1945. In New York alone, the play was performed in 1775 times. For two film versions (1950 and 1972 ), she wrote the screenplay.

Works

  • Me, third. A Farce in Three Acts, Denver 1936
  • Now You've Done It, 1937
  • Sorority House. A Comedy in Three Acts, New York and London in 1939
  • Too Much Business. A Comedy in One Act, New York, Los Angeles and London 1940
  • The White Rabbit. A Comedy in Three Acts, Five Scenes, New York about 1943 ( later under the title Harvey. A Comedy, New York 1944 (Eng. My friend Harvey, 1950 )
  • The Next Half Hour, 1945
  • Mrs. McThing. A Play, New York 1952
  • Bernardine. A Comedy in Two Acts, 1952 (in press New York 1953)
  • Together with Harold Berson ( images): Loretta Mason Potts, Philadelphia around 1958
  • Midgie Purvis. A Comedy in Two Acts and Seven Scenes, 1961 (in press New York 1963)
  • The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden, New York 1968
  • Cocktails with Mimi, New York 1974
  • The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House, New York 2003
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