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They Knew What They Wanted is a 1924 play written by Sidney Howard. The play premiered on Broadway in 1924 and had three Broadway revivals as well as a London production.
Howard’s best-known plays are They Knew What They Wanted (1924), a mellow story of an aging Italian immigrant in California and his mail-order bride that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 and was the basis of Frank Loesser’s musical The Most Happy Fella (1957); The Silver Cord (1926), a…
It has been generously related to the legend of Paolo and Francesca, to the dirtiest anecdotes of the Gallic pornographica, and to its superb contemporary of the New York theatre, Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms.”.
Sep 21, 2013 · The play is divided into three acts and follows the story of Tony Patucci, a middle-aged Italian immigrant who owns a vineyard in California. Tony has been corresponding with a woman named Amy, who he believes to be a beautiful young woman, and he hopes to marry her.
- Sidney Coe Howard
They Knew What They Wanted (Original, Play, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Nov 24, 1924 and played through Nov 14, 1925.
Sidney Howard. Winner! 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the 1920's, Napa Valley middle-aged wine-grower Tony wants to get married and decides to propose by letter to a waitress in San Francisco named Amy who waited on him once.
Dec 18, 2021 · All The Drama: “They Knew What They Wanted” by Sidney Howard, 1925 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama. All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Jan 27, 1976 - Mar 06, 1976. Playhouse Theatre, New York, NY. Play Revival. The original Broadway production of They Knew What They Wanted opened on Nov 24, 1924.
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal. Director. Garson Kanin. Writers.
They Knew What They Wanted ★★★ 1940. A lonely San Francisco waitress begins a correspondence romance with a grape grower and agrees to marry him after he sends her a photo which shows him as being young and handsome. She arrives to discover Laughton had sent her a picture of another man.
