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The Grass is Greener
Hugh Williams
The Au Pair Man
by Hugh Leonard
Synopsis
Hartigan, a rough hewn Irish bill collector becomes a love slave and companion to a proper English lady named Elizabeth.
Her home is a cluttered London townhouse which has virtually become a museum of the British Empire on which the sun has long set.
The door chimes out "God Save The Queen".
Conscripted into her service, Hartigan, as Galatea to her Pygmalion, is taught by the Englishwoman how to be a true "gentleman".
The play, reinventing the ongoing conflict between the Irish and the English, was produced to critical acclaim at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre starring Julie Harris and Charles Durning.
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year1974
BindingPaperback
Pages98
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573605581
ISBN-100573605580
LCCN75303195
The Au Pair Man is a British comedy play written by Hugh Leonard and published by Samuel French in New York (1974).
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Samuel French · 1974 · 98 pp
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