Some Of My Best Friends
by Stanley Hart

Some Of My Best Friends Book Cover
Some Of My Best Friends Cover

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Readers express disbelief at the overall absurdity of the play. Many find the concept of talking animals and inanimate objects unconvincing and hard to appreciate as a serious theatrical work.

Unique conceptNostalgic elementsAbsurd premiseLack of depth

Synopsis

In this allegory about happiness, freedom and responsibility, an autocratic tycoon has a mental breakdown, is whisked off to a sanatorium, undergoes shock treatment that results in his being able to understand the language of animals and plants.

He abandons his family and business responsibilities and secludes himself in an untidy Manhattan apartment.

In short order he acquires a number of companions including a talking dog, a talking tree and a very articulate baby, child of a waif like girl who also lives with Andrew.

But his blissful and bizarre world is not to last.

In the end, he returns to his family and reassumes his responsibilities.

A delightful, whimsical play produced on Broadway.

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1979
BindingPaperback
Pages105
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573616174
ISBN-100573616175
LCCN80116430
LCCPS3558.A6837 S6
DCC812/.54

Some Of My Best Friends is a American comedy play written by Stanley Hart and published by Samuel French in New York (1979).

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