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The Desk Set

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  8w, 8m

William Marchant

"A rollicking, frolicsome hit." - New York Daily Mirror

Shirley Booth opened to rave notices playing a woman with encyclopedic knowledge of facts and figures who works in a television network reference department. Electronic brains are installed to do the work of people, soon replacing whole departments, …

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    8w, 8m

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Shirley Booth opened to rave notices playing a woman with encyclopedic knowledge of facts and figures who works in a television network reference department. Electronic brains are installed to do the work of people, soon replacing whole departments, but Emmaracs can not best Bunny in a game of wits she causes them to blow fuses. Here is a telling comedy rich in hilarity for anyone who has ever worked in an office.
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"A rollicking, frolicsome hit. " - New York Daily Mirror

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