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A Rainy Day in Newark

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 9m

When pompous John Kodiak, a union boss, pressures Lamb Clock Company owner, Elizabeth Lamb, into signing an agreement to limit her employees to 12 hours a week, Kodiak does not expect Lamb's immediate acquiescence. Eager to teach Kodiak a lesson, Elizabeth hands over the company to Kodiak who boasts…

A Rainy Day in Newark

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    2w, 9m

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Summary
When pompous John Kodiak, a union boss, pressures Lamb Clock Company owner, Elizabeth Lamb, into signing an agreement to limit her employees to 12 hours a week, Kodiak does not expect Lamb's immediate acquiescence. Eager to teach Kodiak a lesson, Elizabeth hands over the company to Kodiak who boasts that he can easily run the clock manufacturing business properly and to the advantage of the laborers. A madcap 1960s satire ensues which examines the perils of fanatical trade unionism, as Kodiak experiences firsthand how difficult it is to run an American business controlled by union law.

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Howard Teichmann

Howard M. Teichmann (1916-1987) was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin and joined Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre as a stage manager in 1938. In 1939, Welles closed the theatre and moved the Mercury to radio where Teichmann joined him an ...
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