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Philadelphia Story, The

  • Philip Barry
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 1930s
  • 9M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573613975

This Broadway hit starred Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord, of the Philadelphia Lords, a headstrong and spoiled daughter of the privileged.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, High School/Secondary
This Broadway hit starred Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord, of the Philadelphia Lords, a headstrong and spoiled daughter of the privileged. Divorced from C.K. Dexter Haven, she is engaged to a successful young snob.

A society weekly sends a reporter and female photographer to cover the wedding arrangements. Tracy finds herself growing interested in the reporter Mike Connor, and following the pre-wedding bash, they take a moonlight swim and are then surprised by Dexter and the fiancé.

The following morning her intended smugly forgives her, enraging Tracy, who breaks off the engagement. Connor offers to marry her, but she turns him down and remarries Dexter, the real love of her life, after all.

Premiere Production: The Philadelphia Story premiered at the Shubert Theatre in New York on March 28, 1939.

Characters

  • Casting: 9M, 6F

ELSIE
ELIZABETH IMBRIE
THOMAS
C.K. DEXTER HAVEN
GEORGE KITTREDGE
EDWARD
MACAULAY CONNOR
MIKE
TRACY SAMANTHA LORD
SETH LORD
DINAH LORD
WILLIAM TRACY
MAC
MAY
ALEXANDER LORD

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Philadelphia Story, The Script Order Now

This Broadway hit starred Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord, of the Philadelphia Lords, a headstrong and spoiled daughter of the privileged. Divorced from C.K. Dexter Haven, she is engaged to a successful young snob.

A society weekly sends a reporter and female photographer to cover the wedding arrangements. Tracy finds herself growing interested in the reporter Mike Connor, and following the pre-wedding bash, they take a moonlight swim and are then surprised by Dexter and the fiancé.

The following morning her intended smugly forgives her, enraging Tracy, who breaks off the engagement. Connor offers to marry her, but she turns him down and remarried Dexter, the real love of her life, after all.

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