The American Clock

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The American Clock is a play by Arthur Miller. The play is about 1930s America during The Great Depression. It is based in part on Studs Terkel's Hard Times. It is a work of the 1970s, and made its world premier at the Mark Tapper Forum in Los Angeles in 1984.

[edit] Characters

Lee Baum

Rose Baum (Lee's Mother)

Arthur A. Robertson

Clarence, a shoeshine man

Fanny Margolies (Rose's Sister)

Sidney Margolies (Fanny's son)

Lucille (Fanny's daughter)

Grandpa (Rose's Father)

Frank (The Baums' Chauffeur)

Dr. Rossman

Jesse Livermore

William Durant

Arthur Clayton

Tony, (Speakeasy Owner)

Diana Morgan

Henry Taylor (A Farmer)

Irene

Banks, a black veteran

Judge Bradley

Issac

Moe Baum (Lee's Father)

Brewster

Doris Gross (Sidney's wife)

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