The Show-off
by George Kelly

The Show-off Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

Heywood Broun writes in the preface: I might as well begin boldly and say "The Show-Off" is the best comedy which has yet been written by an American. 129 pgs.

Includes scene design ground plan.

Press Reviews

"The Show-Off is one of the 20th century's greatest comedies and a dissection of the hilarity and pathos of family life with which any audience can identify. The play is a feast for actors."

— Nicholas Martin, Director

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1924
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French Theater Bookshop
Pages 132
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573615399
ISBN-10 057361539X

The Show-off is a American comedy play written by George Kelly and published by Samuel French in New York (1924).

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