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Life with Father is a 1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, adapted from a humorous autobiographical book of stories compiled in 1935 by Clarence Day. The Broadway production ran for 3,224 performances over 401 weeks to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, a record that it still holds. [1] The play was adapted into a 1947 feature film and a television series .
- Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
- 1939
The greatest dramatic hit of modern times. Father and his wife, Vinnie, their young sons, relatives and friends, all are involved in the epic struggle between father and mother to have father properly baptized.…. Request license. Get the Script.
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He sits over there next to his father. And the one with a little dog on it is Harlan's, of course. He's the baby. This narrow plain one is mine. And this is Mr. Day's. It's just like mine except that it got bent... one morning. And that reminds me, Annie. Always have Mr. Day's coffee piping hot. Yes, ma'am.
Life With Father (Original, Play, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Nov 8, 1939 and played through Jul 12, 1947.
Aug 22, 2021 · Includes "Reader's Supplement to Life with father" (48p.)--inserted between pages 80 and 81 vi, 167, [i.e. 215] pages : 18 cm
Genre: Comedy. Adapted from the novel by Clarence Day. In a patriarchal family, Father usually gets his way until his wife learns that he has not been baptized. A comical struggle ensures as the family attempts to get him to the church.
Oct 31, 2014 · The Broadway script was written by Lindsay and Crouse, who are most remembered for their work on the book of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. Reread today, their Life With Father...
