Bell, Book And Candle
by John Van Druten

Broadway West End
Bell, Book And Candle Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins 1950s Interior Set Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

For 3 males and 2 females.

Witch Gillian Holroyd casts a spell on publisher Shepherd Henderson who falls madly in love with her.

Because witches can not fall in love, Gillian must choose between the life of a witch or the life of a normal.

Press Reviews

"Mr. van Druten has devised an airy trifle for simple enjoyment."

— Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times

"Van Druten’s dialogue is witty and his characters are fairly nuanced. It's also interesting to note that he wrote the play at a time when witch hunts were happening in Washington, DC, with the House Un-American Activities Committee on the hunt for communists."

— Talkin’ Broadway

Characters

Character
Shepherd Henderson

35+, masculine, attractive

Miss Holroyd

Gillian’s eccentric Aunt Queenie

Nicky Holroyd

Gillian’s slightly younger brother

Sidney Redlitch

50s, disheveled, often drunk

Gillian Holroyd

27, petite, very attractive

Publication

Year 1951
Binding Paperback
Edition Acting
Pages 76
Place New York, N.Y
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822201045
ISBN-10 0822201046
LCC PR6043.A4 B5 1951
DCC 822/.912

Bell, Book And Candle is a American comedy play written by John Van Druten and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, N.Y (1951).

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