Loud Speaker is a play by American playwright John Howard Lawson. It was first produced by the New Playwrights' Theatre at the 52nd Street Theatre in New York, opening on March 2 1927. Harry Wagstaff Gribble directed, Mordecai Gorelik designed the sets, Eugene L. Berton composed its music, and Leonard Sillman choreographed its dances.

Loud Speaker
Written byJohn Howard Lawson
Date premieredMarch 2, 1927 (1927-03-02)
Place premieredNew Playwrights' Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreModernist farce

Characters

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  • Harry U. Collins
  • Peterson
  • Emma Collins
  • Maid
  • Clare Collins
  • Josephus
  • Johnnie Dunne
  • Floradora Finnigan
  • A Stranger with a Beard
  • Dorothy Dunne
  • Armenian Iky
  • 1st Reporter
  • 2nd Reporter
  • 3rd Reporter
  • 1st Photographer
  • 2nd Photographer
  • The Harlem Committee
  • The Imperial Serenaders

Sources

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  • Lawson, John Howard. 1927. Loud Speaker: A Farce. New York: The Macaulay Company.
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