Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
by Arthur Kopit

Name: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Brand: Arthur Kopit
SKU: 9780573613333
Rating: 3.43 (274 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins 1960s Room for Extras Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle

Winner! 1962 Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award for Outstanding Achievement Winner! 1962 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best New Play

Synopsis

Subtitled A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition, Arthur Kopit's first play - an absurdist farce set in a posh hotel - took the theatre world by storm.

In a luxurious Caribbean resort, wealthy, overbearing Madame Rosepettle dominates her stuttering, awkard son Jonathan.

In addition to her son, Madame Rosepettle has packed a man-eating tropical plant, pirhana fish and a coffin containing the remains of her late husband.

Complications arise when a voluptuous babysitter named Rosalie attempts to seduce Jonathan, proving a formidable opponent to Madame herself.

Press Reviews

"Oh Dad is an exotic meal, but certainly one worth sampling... Kopit sets up the improbable spectacle of Oedipal proportions as a careful balance of light and dark."
— DC Theatre Scene