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Something Fishy
Marcia Kash
Johnny on a Spot
by Charles MacArthur
Synopsis
This fast paced satire of American politics by a master of farce concerns the machinations of a particularly inventive campaign manager to elect Governor Johnny, a devout drunk and skirt chaser, to the U.S.
Senate.
When he dies at Pearl's house of ill repute on election day, the manager must devise a way to make people think he died from joy of being elected.
Press Reviews
"Funny as hell."
— New York Daily News
"A fast, loud, ribald, cynical, irresistibly funny example of Broadway craftsmanship.... Brilliantly imaginative... MacArthur's "lost' gem comes back to entrance audiences and instruct the trade in playmaking."
— Variety
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1981
Binding Paperback
Edition First
Pages 108
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573611117
ISBN-10 0573611114
LCCN 81216324
LCC PS3525.A1145 J6 1981
DCC 812/.52
Johnny on a Spot is a American play written by Charles MacArthur and published by Samuel French in New York (1981).
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