Playwrite Mary Chase and "Harvey"

Mary Chase was born in 1907 in Denver, Colorado--she married Robert Lamont Chase, a newspaper reporter, and herself worked as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News. She also worked as a publicity director, playwright, and the author of books for children. Her first play was "Me Third," produced in 1936 in Denver. It was later produced in New York in 1937 under the title "Now You've Done It." Sorority House was her first three-act play and was produced in Denver in 1939. It was filmed in 1939, and she adapted her play for the screen. Harvey opened on broadway November 1, 1944 and ran for four and on-half years. The financial success of this play helped Chase and her family, but the notoriety the play brought her was harder to handle:

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Approximate Word count = 1701
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page)