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JOHN P MARQUAND (1893 - 1960)
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Late George Apley, TheLate George Apley, The
Synopsis:
The Apleys and their in-laws furnish delightful and incisive comedy and drama against which we see George's two children, a young man and a young woman, each of whom strives heroically to break away from the shackles of family and tradition: Eleanor manages to do so and makes a satisfactory life for herself, while John, who falls in love with a young woman who had the bad taste not even to be born in Boston, is crushed by his father and all his father stands for
Notes:
written by George S Kaufman And John P Marquand. Based on Marquand's novel of the same name
1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre 1944
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1946 -
Music:
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Genre:
3 acts and epilogue Comedy
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 8 Other: -
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