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- catalog abstract ""This one's got the makin's: wine, woman, jazz, a lover," says Jake Callahan, a reporter in Maurine Watkins's Chicago, a Broadway smash hit in 1927. Jake, speaking of his great fortune at finding the story of "the most beautiful murderess," precisely characterizes Watkins's satirical take on murder and its aftermath - a view she formed while covering two similar and equally sensational murder trials for the Chicago Tribune. Watkins opens this comedy with a brutal dramatization of the same situation the women in her articles faced: a vengeful Roxie has slain her lover for mistreating her. And then the fun begins. A boring, run-of-the-mill murderess until her frank confession creates an opportunity for profit, Roxie begins a transformation to rival that of Pygmalion's statue. She is the perfect answer for Jake, who has been "prayin' for a nice, juicy murder." Rosie's attorney, too, seeks to profit from her plight. "Go out for sympathy through the press," advises Billy Flynn, who circulates a press release - supposedly written by his client - fabricating Roxie's journey "from convent to jail." Flynn also encourages Roxie to cooperate with Jake's competitor, Mary Sunshine, whose sentimental reports upstage Roxie's crime in the same way that Watkins's humorous articles did for the murderesses she was covering.".
- catalog contributor b10520941.
- catalog contributor b10520942.
- catalog coverage "Chicago (Ill.) Drama.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""This one's got the makin's: wine, woman, jazz, a lover," says Jake Callahan, a reporter in Maurine Watkins's Chicago, a Broadway smash hit in 1927. Jake, speaking of his great fortune at finding the story of "the most beautiful murderess," precisely characterizes Watkins's satirical take on murder and its aftermath - a view she formed while covering two similar and equally sensational murder trials for the Chicago Tribune. Watkins opens this comedy with a brutal dramatization of the same situation the women in her articles faced: a vengeful Roxie has slain her lover for mistreating her. And then the fun begins. A boring, run-of-the-mill murderess until her frank confession creates an opportunity for profit, Roxie begins a transformation to rival that of Pygmalion's statue.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Cast list from the original production of Chicago -- Chicago -- Watkin's Chicago Tribune articles.".
- catalog description "She is the perfect answer for Jake, who has been "prayin' for a nice, juicy murder." Rosie's attorney, too, seeks to profit from her plight. "Go out for sympathy through the press," advises Billy Flynn, who circulates a press release - supposedly written by his client - fabricating Roxie's journey "from convent to jail." Flynn also encourages Roxie to cooperate with Jake's competitor, Mary Sunshine, whose sentimental reports upstage Roxie's crime in the same way that Watkins's humorous articles did for the murderesses she was covering.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 158 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0809321297 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Chicago (Ill.) Drama.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago".
- catalog subject "812/.52 21".
- catalog subject "City and town life Drama.".
- catalog subject "City and town life Illinois Chicago Drama.".
- catalog subject "Criminals Drama.".
- catalog subject "Criminals Illinois Chicago Drama.".
- catalog subject "PS3545.A828 C5 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Cast list from the original production of Chicago -- Chicago -- Watkin's Chicago Tribune articles.".
- catalog title "Chicago : with the Chicago tribune articles that inspired it / by Maurine Watkins ; edited, and with and introduction by Thomas H. Pauly.".
- catalog type "Comedies. gsafd".
- catalog type "Drama. fast".
- catalog type "Humorous plays. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".