The Man Who Came to Dinner

By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Book Overview

Sheridan Whiteside - critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator, intimate friend of the great and near-great - dines at the home of the Stanleys, where he slips on their doorstep and breaks his hip. The result is a tumultuous six weeks of confinement. Whiteside turns the Stanley household upside down, forcing everyone in town to cater to his egotistical demands. Meanwhile, his secretary has given her notice after falling in love with a local reporter, and Whiteside must engage every weapon in his considerable arsenal of guile and manipulation to keep her in his employ - including blackmail, deceit and the intervention of the fading actress Lorraine Sheldon combined with the elegant British wit of playwright Beverly Carlton.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822207257
• ISBN13: 9780822207252
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

WOW!

I just saw a performance of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and it is at the extreme of cultural literacy. The ideal audience for this work is someone proficient in the society of the time period. If you know who Admiral Byrd, Booth Tarkington, and Katharine Cornell are, you'll love catching all the names that Sheridan drops!

Still Ripe, Fresh, and Charming after 60 Years!!!

What could be said in this review? The brilliance of this magnificent drawing room comedy speaks for itself! Undoubtedly an American classic, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" has it all: Outrageous characters, a hysterical plot with many twists and turns, and enough solid one liners to keep a person laughing until next Christmas!If you don't love this play, you obviously don't love a good time.