
Romantic Comedy
Bernard Slade(Author)
Samuel French, Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 25. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
114 pages
978-0-573-61504-7 (ISBN)
Description
Full Length, Comedy Characters: 2 male, 4 female Interior Set Arrogant, self centered and sharp tongued Jason Carmichael, successful co-author of Broadway romantic comedies, is facing two momentous events: he is about to marry a society belle and his collaborator is retiring. Enter Phoebe Craddock, Vermont schoolteacher and budding playwright. Quicker than a flash, Jason acquires a talented and adoring collaborator in the mousy Phoebe. Fame and success are theirs for ten years and then Jason's world falls apart. His wife divorces him to go into politics and Phoebe, her love for Jason unrequited, marries a breezy journalist and moves to Paris. Jason goes into professional, financial and physical decline as a newly chic Phoebe returns, solo and successful...Anthony Perkins and Mia Farrow starred on Broadway. "A darling of a play...zesty entertainment of cool wit and warm sentiment."-New York Post "An utterly disarming, lighthearted confection about love, friendship and theatrical trauma."-Women's Wear Daily "It's brilliant comedy. It's also a hit. Funniest comedy on Broadway in years."-WABC-TV
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hollywood, CA
United States
Publishing group
Samuel French Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
132 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-573-61504-7 (9780573615047)
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