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The matchmaker; a farce in four acts / by Thornton Wilder.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--New York (State)--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- New York (State).
- Merchants--New York (State)--Drama.
- Merchants.
- Yonkers (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Yonkers (N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : plans ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Merchant of Yonkers
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Samuel French, Inc., 25 West 45th Street; Hollywood : Samuel French, Inc., 7624 Sunset Boulevard; London; Toronto, [1957]
- Notes:
- "Copyright, 1955, 1957, by Thornton Wilder. Copyright, 1939, by Thornton Wilder, an earlier version under the title of 'The Merchant of Yonkers'."
- "Based upon a comedy by John Nestroy, Einen Jux will es sich machen (Vienna, 1842) which was in turn based upon an English original, A well spent day, by John Oxenford."
- "'The Matchmaker' was produced for the Edinburgh Festival by Tennent Productions ... the first performance was at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, on August 23, 1954. The same production opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, on November 4, 1954. Without changes in the principal roles ... the play was performed at the Locust Street Theatre, Philadelphia, on October 27, 1955 ... presented by Theatre Guild and David Merrick at the Royal Theatre, December 5, 1955."
- Publisher's advertisements: [4] p. at end.
- Gray paper wrapper stamped in black.
- ISBN:
- 0573612226
- OCLC:
- 290653
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