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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
by Arthur Kopit
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Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle
Winner! 1962 Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award for Outstanding Achievement Winner! 1962 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best New Play
Synopsis
Subtitled A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition, Arthur Kopit's first play - an absurdist farce set in a posh hotel - took the theatre world by storm.
In a luxurious Caribbean resort, wealthy, overbearing Madame Rosepettle dominates her stuttering, awkard son Jonathan.
In addition to her son, Madame Rosepettle has packed a man-eating tropical plant, pirhana fish and a coffin containing the remains of her late husband.
Complications arise when a voluptuous babysitter named Rosalie attempts to seduce Jonathan, proving a formidable opponent to Madame herself.
Press Reviews
"Oh Dad is an exotic meal, but certainly one worth sampling... Kopit sets up the improbable spectacle of Oedipal proportions as a careful balance of light and dark."
— DC Theatre Scene
Publication
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad is a comedy play written by Arthur Kopit and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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