

Harold
Herman Raucher
Awards & Recognition
Winner! 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey – a very tall rabbit – to guests at a society party, his sister Veta, can no longer tolerate his eccentricities.
She decides to have Elwood committed to Chumley’s Rest, a sanitarium, to spare her family from future embarrassment.
Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey as well!
Veta is committed instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion.
When he shows up looking for his lost friend, it seems that the mild-mannered Elwood’s delusion has had a strange influence on more than one of the doctors.
Only then does Veta realize that maybe Harvey isn’t so bad after all.
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"Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning 1944 comedy is a delectable mid-century chestnut with an idiosyncratic personality that still sparkles."
— The Hollywood Reporter
| Character |
|---|
| Veta Louise Simmons |
| Elwood P. Dowd |
| Miss Johnson |
| Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet |
| Ruth Kelly, R.N. |
| Duane Wilson |
| Lyman Sanderson, M.D. |
| William R. Chumley, M.D. |
| Betty Chumley |
| Judge Omar Gaffney |
| E. J. Lofgren |
| Myrtle Mae Simmons |
Highlights from Harvey – 2012 Roundabout Theatre Broadway Production
Harvey is a comedy play written by Mary Chase and published by Dramatists Play Service .
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