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Additional authors

1. Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023
2. Brochu, Jim
3. Peccadillo Theater Company, producer.
4. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Description

1. 44 leaves; 28 cm. +

Summary

1. One-person drama based on the life of actor Zero Mostel, examining his family relationships, his marriages, his relationships with associates such as Philip Loeb and Jerome Robbins, and his experiences as a victim of the blacklist in the 1950s. Also recounted are highlights of Mostel's stage career, such as his roles in A funny thing happened on the way to the forum and Fiddler on the roof.
2. Typescript, dated Nov. 22, 2009.

Subject

1. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 > Drama
2. Scripts
3. Comedians > United States > Drama
4. Robbins, Jerome > Friends and associates
5. One-person shows (Performing arts)
6. Musical theater > Drama
7. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 > Family
8. Bock, Jerry > Fiddler on the roof
9. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 > Friends and associates
10. Loeb, Philip, 1894-1955 > Drama
11. Sondheim, Stephen > Funny thing happened on the way to the forum
12. Blacklisting of entertainers > United States > Drama
13. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 > Marriage

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.

Call number

1. NCOF+ 10-7960

Author

1. Brochu, Jim.

Title

1. Zero hour : a play in two acts / by Jim Brochu, 2009.

Local note

1. Excerpts from reviews of performances in 2006 appear on leaves numbered 45-47.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Peccadillo Theater Company, producer.
2. Laurie, Piper, 1932-2023, director.
3. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
4. Brochu, Jim, actor.

Research call number

1. NCOF+ 10-7960