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Beau Jest
by James Sherman
Highlights
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While many appreciate its humorous and cute elements, others criticize it for being formulaic and relying on stereotypes.
Well written and funnyDelightful comedy to watchShort and enjoyable readFormulaic and full of stereotypes
Synopsis
Comedy
Characters: 4 male 2 female Interior Set Sarah is a nice Jewish girl with a problem: her parents want her married to a nice Jewish boy.
They have never met her boyfriend a WASP executive named Chris Kringle.
She tells them she is dating a Jewish doctor and they insist on meeting him.
She plans a dinner party and over the heated protests of Chris employs an escort service to send her a Jewish date to be Dr. Steinberg.
Instead they send Bob Schroeder an aspiring
Press Reviews
"A light, sweet romantic comedy."
— Chicago Tribune
"Hilarious and quite moving. Sherman wonderfully blends farce with a genuine insight."
— Chicago Sun Times
"Very funny...The well crafted play has a lot to say about nuclear families of any ethnic persuasion."
— Wall Street Journal
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year2011
BindingPaperback
EditionIllustrated
Pages114
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573692086
ISBN-100573692084
LCCN93209449
LCCPS3569.H426 B4 1992
DCC812/.54
Beau Jest is a American comedy play written by James Sherman and published by Samuel French in New York (2011).
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Samuel French · 2011 · 114 pp
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Fee:Minimum Fee: $130 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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