Happiness Is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls Royce

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Happiness is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls-Royce
Written byArthur Alsberg
Robert Fisher
Date premiered
  • May 8, 1968 (1968-05-08)
Genre comedy

Happiness is Just a Little Thing Called a Rolls-Royce is an American play. [1]

The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway .

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References

  1. Playbill for 1968 production accessed 15 June 2013