What Happened to Jones?
George Broadhurst
The Prince And Mr. Jones
by Samuel Spewack
Synopsis
A lacerating, bitter but wildly funny black comedy, which offers a scathing appraisal of the social ills besetting contemporary Britain.
Not unlike Joe Orton, Mr. Lucie propels his play's action with the devices of boulevard comedy--all the better to upen
Press Reviews
"Originally produced in New York as Once There Was a Russian. Based on the actual events involving John Paul Jones, Prince Potemkin and Catherine the Great of Russia, the play proves again, with crackling humor, how history invariably manages to repekeyboard commandat itself. “…it is the most entertaining whack at Russian—and early American—foibles in a long time."
— Wall Street Journal
"The new play abounds in laughter…"
— New York Telegraph
"…Sam Spewack has written an amusing, ultimately trenchant charade…"
— Washington Post
"The playwright has drawn a magnificent etching of Potemkin, his lust for power, his cynicism, his rascality, and his surface urbanity, and even his hypocritical effusions of affection."
— Women's Wear Daily
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822209157
ISBN-10 0822209152
The Prince And Mr. Jones is a comedy play written by Samuel Spewack and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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