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The Late George Apley (1944)John P. Marquand and George S. KaufmanThe Plot:
George Apley is a well-respected patriarch and a Harvard graduate who has carefully cultivated his fortune, his tastes, and his family relations. But, the times change, and faced with two impending marriages that distress him—both his daughter and son want to marry outside the circle of their class and education—Apley finds that he is not nearly as flexible nor as happy as he always believed. He discovers in the end that he is a product of his world—a world whose values he begins to doubt--and that his world is vanishing before his eyes. About the Play:
Stage history:The Late George Apley opened at the Lyceum Theatre on November 21, 1944; it ran 357 performances. It was made into a 1947 film starring Ronald Colman as Apley. It still has not had the professional revival it deserves, although the Acting Company presented a reading in 1999 with Edward Herrmann as Apley. Production details:8 men, 8 women. One interior. For performance rights to The Late George Apley, contact www.dramatists.com/text/licensing.html Strip Box:A particular effective comedy of manners for a cast of experienced character actors. |