Adding Machine: A Play in Seven Acts

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Summary: way ahead of its time
Review: irony, biting satire, man in chair, man typing away, man literally just a number. he saw it coming and told it well. and of course, what number is Man? Zero, what else?

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Summary: Chilling
Review: The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice is regard by many as the first play to bring German expressionism to the American theatre. The story follows the emotional struggle of the characters rather than the plot (in fact most of the major events of the play occur off stage) until he wrote The Adding Machine Rice was a master of the melodrama, but The Adding Machine's distinctively modern feel and disturbing message set it apart from his other plays. It includes a erie dinner scene where six identical couples speak a hyper active version of small talk. this play exposes common place vulgarities and everyday injustice.