Dear Ruth
by Norman Krasna
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play, noting its comedic value but also describing it as somewhat unremarkable. While one reviewer celebrates its humor as a classic, another finds it merely adequate despite offering some laughs.
Synopsis
Using the name of her elder sister, a young girl carries on a romantic correspondence with an overseas soldier.
When the soldier returns he finds that his distant lover is already engaged, but, through a series of hilarious complications and plot twists, the elder sister becomes entirely convinced that her original engagement was a mistake and decides, at the very end, to marry the soldier anyway.
Publication
Dear Ruth is a comedy play written by Norman Krasna and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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