Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker is a farce in the old-fashioned sense. It uses such time-honored conventions as characters hidden under tables and in closets, men disguised as women, a complex conspiracy to bring young lovers together, and a happy ending in which three couples are united with plans to marry. From the Back Cover. Now, for the first time in a stand-alone edition, Thornton Wilder’s brilliant, hilarious play, which was adapted into the hit Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!, with an afterword by Tappan Wilder. Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy old merchant residing in Yonkers, decides it’s time to take a wife and hires a matchmaker/5(46). A delightful, deliciously funny classic by Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker is astonishingly modern and is sure to resonate with audiences and readers today. About the Author Thornton Wilder () was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced /5(49).
A delightful, deliciously funny classic by Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker is astonishingly modern and is sure to resonate with audiences and readers today. About the Author Thornton Wilder () was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human. Now, for the first time in a standalone edition, Thornton Wilder's brilliant, hilarious play which was adapted into the hit Broadway musical Hello, Dolly with an afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder. Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy old merchant residing in Yonkers has decided it's time to take a wife and hires a matchmaker. ― Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker. tags: vices, virtues. 18 likes. Like "The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder." ― Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker. tags: marriage, wife. 6 likes. Like "Everybody should eavesdrop once in a while. There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside.
Wilder, Thornton. The Matchmaker, in Three Plays: Our Town; The Skin of Our Teeth; The Matchmaker, with a Preface. New York: Harper Row, First produced Wilder, Thornton. The Merchant of Yonkers: A Farce in Four Acts. New York: Harper and Brothers, First produced Ziolkowski, John E. “Dolly Levi: A Modern Parasite?. A delightful, deliciously funny classic by Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker is astonishingly modern and is sure to resonate with audiences and readers today. About the Author Thornton Wilder () was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. The Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder, a rewritten version of his play The Merchant of Yonkers.
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