Masters acknowledged the acumen of a colleague whose career was diametrically opposed to his own Mayer had earned a fortune by representing corporations in lawsuits against workers.Īs he turned from the law to poetry, Masters continued to befriend Jews, including the legal philosopher Jerome Frank and the novelist and historian Waldo Frank (no relation) who published his magazine writings. Levy Mayer’s widow sponsored the biography, which lauded Mayer as a “great lawyer and a good man,” underlining his “professional integrity, loyalty to his country, generosity to the weak and devotion to his friends and family.” Meyer later represented Masters in a divorce case, even lending him money during difficult times. This commission was obtained through Abe Meyer, a Chicago attorney and the subject’s brother-in-law, who had done business with Masters and Darrow. Your request would be approved to cut for time - and we can set you up with a one-act royalty rate.Not long before abandoning his legal career in 1930 for full-time poetic pursuits, Masters wrote his first biography, of the Chicago Jewish corporate lawyer Levy Mayer, published in 1927. Please let us know if you have any other questions at Thanks!Ĭan you edit this work for a one act 35 minutes? Every day/time the recording is streamed and/or available would be equal to one stage performance royalty. Hi Margaret, Yes recording to use for competition would be permitted. Please let us know if you need anything else at you allow my high school to record it for competition? We are doing a virtual contest this year in Minnesota. Performance royalties are refundable up until the date of the peformance, so if you have to make any changes for COVID-status or otherwise, that will not be a problem. If it is recorded and streamed, then the royalty for equal to one performance for every day it is available online. The royalty is the same if it performed live or virtually. Thanks for your interest! The royalty for the one-act is $50 per performance. If our COVID status prevents us from offering live performances, will the difference between the live- and virtual-performance rates be refunded to us?

The spoon river anthology