Idiot's Delight
by Robert E Sherwood

Name: Idiot's Delight
Brand: Robert E Sherwood
SKU: 9780822216186
Rating: 3.69 (97 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsComedy

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

Winner! 1936 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the historical context and character dynamics in the play, set during a tumultuous time on the brink of war. Many commend its fast pace and clever dialogue but some express disappointment regarding its depth and execution, feeling it lacked profound philosophical explorations. Overall, opinions vary with a notable divide between those who find it engaging and those who criticize its structure.

Intriguing character dynamicsClever and quotable dialogueStrong anti-war sentimentsSome found it lacking depth

Synopsis

THE STORY: A young English couple on their honeymoon, a German scientist, a French munitions magnate, the inscrutable Irene, and the vulgar but lovable American Harry Van are thrown together in a small winter resort in the Alps.

For a short time they are forced to depend upon their own resources under threat of an air-raid, which at the last descends upon the few who are left.

The play throws into ironic relief the individual human being who, having brought upon himself the obscene idiocy of wholesale destruction by war, wakes up to find that he can do nothing more than make a futile gesture against the forces he has set in action.