Belles on Their Toes - Softcover

Comedy. Adapted By William Roos. Based On The Book By Frank Gilbreth And Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871298449 ISBN 13: 9780871298447

Publisher: Dramatic Pub Co, 1952

Synopsis

The Cheaper by the Dozen family is real and wonderful and this play is about the time in their lives that begins shortly after Cheaper by the Dozen. Father, who was one of the great pioneer efficiency experts and who applied this brilliance to raising his large family, is gone. The special way in which the Gilbreths meet this crisis makes the finale a happy and satisfying theatrical event. One int. set.

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About the Author

<p align="left"> Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. was born in 1911 in Plainfield, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He became a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a Bronze Star and Air Medal. In 1947, he joined the staff of what is now the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. A columnist and reporter, he authored and coauthored several books, including Belles on Their Toes (with Ernestine Gilbreth Carey), How to Be a Father, and Time Out for Happiness. In 1950, he was corecipient (with his sister) of the French International Humor Award for Cheaper by the Dozen. He died in 2001.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dramatic Pub Co
• Publication date: 1952
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871298449
• ISBN 13: 9780871298447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 81