Strictly Dishonorable
by Preston Sturges

Strictly Dishonorable

Highlights

1920s Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

1929. A pretty young girl from a small town in Mississippi has left home to marry a snobbish man from West Orange, New Jersey, even though she doesn't really love him.

At a speakeasy one night they have a falling out.

Suddenly she finds herself approached by a suave Italian opera singer whose intentions, he admits, are strictly dishonorable.

The two of them repair to his room, where he makes love to her, and dresses her in a pair of pajamas.

By now they are both deeply in love; and he, much to her disgust, has a change of heart and decides to sleep someplace else.

The next morning the snobbish fiance gets exactly the brush-off he deserves; and the girl and the opera singer, aided by a paternal judge, confess their love for each other and lay plans for their wedding.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573615900
ISBN-10 057361590X

Strictly Dishonorable is a comedy play written by Preston Sturges and published by Samuel French .

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