Pick-up Girl
Pick-up Girl is an American play by Elsa Shelley (c. 1903-1971?)[1]
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The original text
A play about teenage prostitution set in a juvenile court.
Published by Dramatists Play Service, 1943, and first performed at the 48th Street Theatre, New York 3 May, 1944 (playing till 21 October, 1944).
Translations and adaptations
The 1959 British film Too Young to Love was based on this play.
Performance history in South Africa
1952: Produced by Taubie Kushlick with Marilyn Patterson and Colin Stamp. The play caused quite a stir in Johannesburg because of its outspoken content.
Sources
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/pick-up-girl-1423
http://archives.nypl.org/the/22733
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Pick_up_girl.html?id=0pNAAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: p. 66.
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