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Short Play, Comedy / 1w, 3m
Thornton Wilder
In a fancy New York City hotel, Edward Blake sets up a play-within-a-play to convince his niece Diana that she's engaged to marry a supreme tightwad who can donate millions to charity, but can't leave a tip.
Diana Colvin, 21, rich and "the finest girl in the world," is engaged to marry Roger Osterman, 27, very rich and "the finest young fellow in the world." With the help of a mystified waiter, Diana's uncle (her lawyer and guardian) sets up a play-within-a-play to make sure Diana knows what she is getting into: marriage to a supreme tightwad who can give away millions to charity, but can't leave a tip. The action – full of high-jinks as well as a serious message – takes place in a fancy New York City hotel.
Published in Thornton Wilder One-Act Series: The Seven Deadly Sins, representing “Avarice.”
A corner in the public rooms of a distinguished New York hotel. 1957.
Thornton Wilder: It's Time
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both drama (Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth) and fiction (The Bridge of San Luis Rey). He collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on Shadow of a Doubt, hiked the Alps with the heavyweight boxing champion ...