Böcker av Richard Seff

DEAR JOHN; I WROTE THIS ARTICLE FIVE YEARS AGO AS YOU APPROACHED YOUR 90TH BIRTHDAY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PLACE IT, SO I PUT IT AWAY IN MY 'UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS FILE'. I CAME ACROSS IT RECENTLY, AND I ENJOYED RELIVING ITS HAPPENINGS SO MUCH THAT I DECIDED IT WOULD BE A SWELL WAY TO SAY 'CONGRATULATIONS"e; NOW, AS YOU APPROACH #95. IT COVERS YOUR 40 YEAR COLLABORATION WITH FRED, AND IT BROUGHT BACK TO ME MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF THE TWENTY YEARS OF THEM WHEN I REPRESENTED YOU BOTH. AS TRAVEL MATES WE SHARED SOME VERY SPECIAL TIMES AS WELL. SO HERE IT IS, WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM ONE OF OF YOUR FIRST FANS. R.S..

Comedy / 6m, 5f / Interior Across the street from the 'mad men' of Madison Avenue live the Ten Percenters of the National Talent Agency. It's the same time, 1962, a secretary is still a toy, boys will still be boys, but the times they are a changin'. Audiences will love to hear what's happening on The Whole Ninth Floor "First impression is that it is a string of jokes tied together rather loosely. A moment's concentration brings home however the basic fact that Seff weaves a story based on the young man's intense and insistent desire to do the right thing. The laughs come fast, and they are plentiful." - The Patterson Call "The comedy construction of The Whole Ninth Floor is made up of wall-to-wall witticisms. Seff has a good ear and facile pen for manufacturing witty dialog. Also he obviously knows, from first hand experience, Madison Avenue and the talent agency area of show business, for his prototypes and inside trade references are accurate and appropriate." - The Scotch Plain Times "A sparkling new comedy, a tremendously funny play." - The Herald News