The Cemetery Club
by Ivan Menchell

Name: The Cemetery Club
Brand: Ivan Menchell
SKU: 9780573692048
Rating: 3.83 (75 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

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120 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the emotional depth and humor in this play about friendship and widowhood among three Jewish women. Many find the character development and relatable themes engaging, despite some noting that the pacing can be slow. Overall, the play's charm resonates well, particularly with older audiences.

Emotional depth and humorRelatable charactersCharming storytellingPacing can drag at times

Synopsis

Ivan MenchellComedyCharacters: 1 male, 5 femaleMultiple SetsThree Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husband's graves.

Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene.

He meets the widows while visiting his wife's grave.

Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida.

They are guilt stricken when this nearly breaks Ida's heart.

The Broadway production starred Eileen Heckart as Lucille

Funny, sweet tempered, moving.

-Boston GlobeVery touching and humorous.

An evening of pure pleasure that will make you glad you went to the theatre.-Washington Journal Newspapers

Press Reviews

"Very touching and humorous. An evening of pure pleasure that will make you glad you went to the theatre."
— Washington Journal Newspapers

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lucille	—	—	—
Doris	—	—	—
Sam	—	—	—
Mildred	—	—	—
Ida	—	—	—

Publication

PublisherSamuel French

Year1990

BindingPaperback

Pages127

PlaceNew York (45 W. 25th St., New York 10010)

LanguageEnglish

ISBN-139780573692048

ISBN-100573692041

LCCN92162334

LCCPS3563.E474 C46 1990

DCC812/.54

The Cemetery Club is a American comedy play written by Ivan Menchell and published by Samuel French in New York (45 W. 25th St., New York 10010) (1990).

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