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The Works of Mary Orr
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- Diamond in the Sky (novel), Crown, 1956.
- A Place to Meet (novel), Bobbs-Merrill, 1961.
- (With husband, Reginald Denham) Footlights and Feathers: A Logbook of a Theatrical Tour Down Under, Pageant Press, 1967.
- The Tejera Secrets (novel), Dial, 1974.
- Rich Girl, Poor Girl (novel), Dial, 1975.
Plays—with Reginald Denham, except as indicated:
- Wallflower (three-act; first produced on Broadway at Cort Theatre, January 26, 1944), Dramatists Play Service, 1944.
- Dark Hammock (three-act; first produced on Broadway at Forrest Theatre, December 11, 1944), Dramatists Play Service, 1946.
- Round Trip, first produced on Broadway at Biltmore Theatre, May 29, 1945.
- The Platinum Set, first produced on the West End at Saville Theatre, March 30, 1950.
- Sweet Peril, produced on West End at St. James' Theatre, December 3, 1952.
- Be Your Age (three-act; first produced on Broadway at Forth-Eighth Street Theatre, January 14, 1953), Dramatists Play Service, 1953.
- (Sole author) Women Must Weep [and] Women Must Work (both one-acts), Dramatists Play Service, 1963.
- The Wisdom of Eve (three-act), Dramatists Play Service, 1964.
- Minor Murder (first produced on the West End at Savoy Theatre, July 26, 1967), Dramatists Play Service, 1967.
- (Sole author) Grass Widows (first produced Off-Broadway at Stage 73, January, 1976), Dramatists Play Service, 1976.
- (Sole author) Women Still Weep (one-act), Dramatists Play Service, 1980.
- Dead Giveaway: A Play of Suspense, by Mary Orr, with Reginald Denham, Dramatists Play Service, 1982.
- Roommates: A One Act Play, by Mary Orr, Dramatists Play Service, 1989.
Also author, with R. Denham, of about forty television scripts.
“Wallflower” was produced as a Warner Brother’s picture in 1949.
Contributor of short stories to popular magazines, including “The Wisdom of Eve” in Cosmopolitan in 1947, which was made into the Academy-Award winning film “All About Eve,” starring Bette Davis, in 1950. The 1971 Tony Award-winning musical, "Applause," starring Lauren Bacall, was also inspired by the same story.
