· Madison, N.J. Few American plays have traveled a more circuitous path to posterity than N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker.”It started life in as a “Philco Television Playhouse” live. · The impact on American theatre of N. Richard Nash 's THE RAINMAKER, a mid-century, self-described Romantic Comedy, is primarily found in . The Rainmaker takes place during an early 20th century drought and is set on a ranch in a small town that is situated in western Nebraska. The ranch is run by the patriarch (H.C.) his stubborn, number-crunching son (Noah), his dumb-and-obedient son (Jim), and his year-old capable-but- (gasp!)plain daughter (Lizzie)/5.
Set in a time of drought during the Great Depression, playwright N. Richard Nash juxtaposes shy, timid Lizzie Curry with a brash, overly confident con man named Starbuck. Promising he can bring an end to the drought plaguing the Curry family farm, the magic of his words also ends the drought in Lizzie's soul. Author N. Richard Nash calls the play a romantic comedy but it is so much more. Set in rural, dust-bowl America, it is about a parched land desperate for rain, and the tough but lonely people who live there, thirsting for love. This is a play about yearning, family, hope, and the magic that sometimes pours down on us from the unlikeliest of. The Rainmaker is a full-length romantic comedy by N. Richard Nash. Plain Lizzie Curry finds herself falling, against her better judgment, for a traveler who promises to bring rain to her family's ever-dry Texas town. A story of impossible odds and impossible hope. Especially recommended for school and contest use.
The Rainmaker is a play written by N. Richard Nash in the early s. The play opened on Octo, at the Cort Theatre in New York City, and ran for performances. It was directed by Joseph Anthony and produced by Ethel Linder Reiner. The play was translated into more than 40 languages and made into the film The Rainmaker, starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn. The story was also made into a Broadway musical, in the Shade. The play was revived on Broadway in THE RAINMAKER, screen play by N. Richard Nash, based on his own play; directed by Joseph Anthony; produced by Hal B. Wallis for Paramount. At the www.doorway.ruck. Author N. Richard Nash calls the play a romantic comedy but it is so much more. Set in rural, dust-bowl America, it is about a parched land desperate for rain, and the tough but lonely people who live there, thirsting for love.
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