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Wings Over Europe (play)

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Wings Over Europe
Written byRobert Nichols and Maurice Browne
Date premieredDecember 10, 1928
Place premieredMartin Beck Theatre, New York City, New York
Original languageEnglish
Genredrama
Setting10 Downing Street, London

Wings Over Europe was a 1928 Broadway three-act play written by Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne, produced by the Theatre Guild and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It opened on December 10, 1928 at the Martin Beck Theatre and then moved to the Alvin Theatre sometime in 1929 running for 90 total performances.[1]

Young British genius Francis Lightfoot has discovered how to make terrible bombs using the atom. He's soon dismayed by the greed and militarism of the British cabinet members.[2][3]

Cast

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Accolades

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Wings Over Europe was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1928–29.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Wings Over Europe". Playbill. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ Brians, Paul (19 May 2016). "Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction". Washington State University. Retrieved 6 December 2016. Includes brief plot summary.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Charles A. (1992). "A "Dramatic Extravaganza" of the Projected Atomic Age: Wings Over Europe (1928)". Modern Drama. 35 (4). Project Muse: 552–561. doi:10.1353/mdr.1992.0005. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ^ Mantle, Burns, ed. (1929). The Best Plays of 1928–29. New York: Dodd, Mead. OCLC 9695298.
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