Poor Richard
by Jean Kerr

Name: Poor Richard
Brand: Jean Kerr
SKU: 9780573614163
Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)

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Highlights

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Present Day Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

While a raffishly charming poet is in America to consult with his publisher and to attend the dedication of a hospital wing to the memory of his late wife, his publisher's secretary determines to marry him.

Beneath all his charm, the poet is insecure.

His public image of having written beautiful and tremendously successful verses on the death of his wife and then turning in sorrow to drink is a facade.

He fears that he did not love her at all, and he refuses to attend the dedication.

The secretary forces a confrontation with the truth, and from the pages of the loving wife's diary comes the hope of peace at last.

Press Reviews

"A thoroughly delightful evening. . . . Not only steadily funny but remarkably touching."
— N.Y. Post

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Catherine Shaw An American girl in her early twenties. Newly a secretary.	female	—	An American girl in her early twenties. Newly a secretary.
Sydney Carroll Editor for a large publishing firm in New York. He is only a few years older than Richard, but he si the kind of man who always seems ten years older than he is.	male	—	Editor for a large publishing firm in New York. He is only a few years older than Richard, but he si the kind of man who always seems ten years older than he is.
Ginny Baker Richard's sister-in-law. A straight forward girl in her early thirties, impeccably dressed.	female	—	Richard's sister-in-law. A straight forward girl in her early thirties, impeccably dressed.
John Mcfarland A writer for Time magazine in his late twenties, easy and intelligent.	male	—	A writer for Time magazine in his late twenties, easy and intelligent.
Richard Ford A British poet in his thirties, temporarily in New York. Physically, he might just as easily be taken for a gardener or a truck driver.	male	—	A British poet in his thirties, temporarily in New York. Physically, he might just as easily be taken for a gardener or a truck driver.