The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
by Charles Busch
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Awards & Recognition
Winner! Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award Tony Award Nominee - Best Play - 2001 Drama Desk Award Nominee - Best Play - 2000
Synopsis
Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged Upper West Side Doctor’s wife, is devoted to mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA and evenings at BAM.
Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she’s shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating and somewhat mysterious childhood friend.
Press Reviews
"Uproarious, a window rattling comedy of mid life malaise...Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream... The Allergist's Wife earns its wall to wall laughs."
— The New York Times
"Charles Busch comes of age as a comic playwright of the first rank."
— The New York Daily News
"An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy."
— New York Magazine
"An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy."
— New York Magazine
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Mohammed |
Ira |
Freida |
Lee |
Marjorie |
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Publication
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife is a comedy play written by Charles Busch and published by Samuel French (2014).
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Samuel French · 2014 · 76 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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