Success Story (play)

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Success Story
Written by
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
New York City, New York
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
SettingOffice in New York City headquarters of Raymond Merritt Company

Success Story was a 1932 Broadway three-act drama written by John Howard Lawson, produced by the

Group Theatre and staged by Lee Strasberg with Scenic design
by Mordecai Gorelik. It ran for 121 performances from September 26, 1932, to January 1933 at the
Maxine Elliott's Theatre. This was actor Russell Collins
' Broadway debut. Actors William Challee and Ruth Nelson were a married couple.

Plot

In 1928 young Sol Ginsberg joins a Madison Avenue advertising agency. Formerly a radical idealist his philosophy changes to money as being the culmination of the American Dream. He starts to compromise his former ideals to advance his career, risking losing the faith of his childhood sweetheart and in himself.

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