The Cemetery Club
by Ivan Menchell

The Cemetery Club Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

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
Lucille
Doris
Sam
Mildred
Ida

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1990
Binding Paperback
Pages 127
Place New York (45 W. 25th St., New York 10010)
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573692048
ISBN-10 0573692041
LCCN 92162334
LCC PS3563.E474 C46 1990
DCC 812/.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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