The Ladies of the Corridor

Arnaud d'Usseau, Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade

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Penguin
29 April 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Plays & playscripts

The blackly comic play about the oppressed lives of women in 1950s New York

One of literature's leading humorists, Dorothy Parker drew from the dark side of her imagination to pen The Ladies of the Corridor, a searing drama about women living on their own in a New York residence hotel. Loosely based on Parker's life, and co-written with famed Hollywood playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, The Ladies of the Corridor exposes the limitations of a woman's life in a drama teeming with Parker's signature wit.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Arnaud d'Usseau, Dorothy Parker
Introduction by: Marion Meade
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 118g
ISBN: 9780143105312
ISBN 10: 0143105310
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 29 April 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dorothy Parker was born in West End, New Jersey, in 1893. Famous for her spoken wit, she showed the same trenchant commentary in her book reviews for The New Yorker and Esquire and in her poems and sketches. Her collection of poems included Not So Deep as a Well and Enough Rope, which became a bestseller; and her collections of stories included Here Lies. She also collaborated with Elmer Rice on a play, Close Harmony and with Arnaud d'Usseau on the play the Ladies of the Corridor. Dorothy Parker died in 1967. Arnaud d'Usseau (1916-1990) was a notable playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer

Reviews for The Ladies of the Corridor

a As unyielding and coruscating a portrait of women before feminism that I have ever seen.a<br> aHonor Moore in The New York Times, on the 2005 off Broadway revival