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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - Overview
written by Philip Barry
directed by Ronnie Marshak
performed December 9-11, 1999

This show is perhaps the epitome of the 1940s romantic screwball comedy. While the basic plot is simple -- girl plans to marry wrong boy, and right boy stops it at the last possible moment -- there are dozens of complications thrown in to add to the merriment. In this case, the complications include a question of exactly who the right man is, class-based prejudices, and the trickle-down effect of a mid-life adultrous affair on the part of the family patriarch.
This play was made into the movies The Philadelphia Story (1940) and High Society (a 1956 musical).



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