The Gentleman from Athens
by Emmet Lavery

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Highlights

Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

Anthony Quinn starred on Broadway in this comedy as a West Coast roughneck catapaulted into the U.S.

Congress, with a sympathetic secretary proceeding to polish some of his rough edges.

From the author of The Magnificent Yankee .

Press Reviews

"It is an all-out plea for world government to stave off atomic warfare...both the play and the playwright probably will be widely cussed and discussed."

— Variety

"You can take Emmet Lavery's THE GENTLEMAN FROM ATHENS in any one of three ways: as farce, as romance, or as a plea for honest idealism in politics...as farce, it is fun, full of wonderfully amusing scenes and people."

— Elliot Norton, The Boston Post

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573609282
ISBN-10 0573609284

The Gentleman from Athens is a comedy play written by Emmet Lavery and published by Samuel French .

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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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