

The Best Man
Gore Vidal
THE STORY: Says the New York Post: ... [WEEKEND] tells of a Republican Senator who is about to announce his candidacy for his party's nomination for the Presidency when his son returns from a long stay in Europe bringing with him a Negro girl who is
"This witty, scintillating comedy has to do with a charming and ambitious Senator who would be President—and the hilarious family complications which he must untangle to clear his way to the White House. “…a literate play of ideas. It has style, clear characterization, excellent construction, wit and up-to-the minute topicality.” —Variety. “Gore Vidal is a clever, witty intelligent man with an unbanely skeptical point of view.” —New York Post. “…timely and polished."
— The New York Times
Weekend is a American comedy play written by Charlie Varon and published by Dramatists Play Service (1968).
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