Once in a Lifetime, You Can't Take It with You & The Man Who Came to Dinner (Modern Plays) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0413480909 ISBN 13: 9780413480903

Synopsis

Satirical comedy / 24 m., 14 f. (doubling possible.) / 5 ints. or unit set. Recently revived on Broadway to great acclaim, this is the rollicking tale of three down and out troupers who decide to head for Hollywood and try their luck with the newly invented talkies. Due to a series of consistent blunders, the most stupid of the three is carried to pinnacles of fame and fortune until he's literally made a god of the industry. It's a fast paced and wild romp and a marvelous spoof of tinsel land. The Pullman car and waiting room episodes are classics in hilarity. "Ideal summer theatre... [with] comic climaxes that distinguish the humor of the 30s.... Grand chains of lunacy." N.Y. Times. "Lovely play.... Gracefully insane." N.Y. Post.

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About the Author

Moss Hart was an American playwright. Raised in poverty in the Bronx, Hart s interest in theatre was instigated by his aunt. His first Broadway hit, Once in a Lifetime, was written with George Kaufman, and began a partnership that produced plays such as You Can't Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Hart won two Tony Awards (Best Musical and Best Director) for My Fair Lady, and earned an Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay for Gentlemen s Agreement. In 1959, Hart published his autobiography Act One, in which he created an entire alternate ending for his aunt s life. Hart died in 1961 at the age of 57.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413480909
• ISBN 13: 9780413480903
• Binding: Hardcover