mike@smu.UUCP (09/27/84)
#N:smu:11300008:000:762 smu!mike Sep 27 15:58:00 1984 <> I am looking for a collection of Ring Lardner short stories and (believe it or not) plays. I once had a copy of such a collection; it was published in the early 30's and contained some short stories (many of which were not in ``Round Up'') along with some of the most bizarre little plays (skits almost) I have ever read. I have looked in several used book shops here in Dallas but I haven't seen it. There are a few of paperbound collections available widely, but none of these contain the plays. How many Ring Lardner fans are there out there? He was an excellent writer with an astounding gift for rendering subtle colloquial humor. Damon Runyan fans would probably enjoy him, if you don't know of his stuff already. Mike McNally ...convex!smu!mike
paul@uofm-cv.UUCP (Paul 'da Kingfish' Killey) (10/01/84)
Shutup, he explained. I really like Ring Lardner. I think he really has that "American voice," that we all hear so much about. As Dos Passos said, 'USA is the speech of a people', and I think that Ring Lardner does pretty well at capturing that.
colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (10/05/84)
[Hush, clemo uti (the Water Lilies)] So far as I know, those playlets have never been produced. The stage directions cannot be followed anyway. I should like to know why they were ever written. Lardner seldom turned out that sort of inspired nonsense. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel