Winner of a special Tony Award and first performed in New York by Tom Ewell, Peggy Cass, Paul Ford and Alice Ghostley, this collection of comic sketches includes some of James Thurber’s most celebrated and insightful satires: The Night the Bed Fell, Gentlemen Shoppers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the unforgettable File and Forget, in which Thurber recounts his famous correspondence with various publishers who ship him books he doesn’t want and never ordered. A perfect evening of comedy.
Scenes include:
ACT I
Word Dance (Part One)
The Night the Bed Fell
Fables for Our Time (Part One)
The Wolf at the Door
The Unicorn in the Garden
The Little Girl and the Wolf
If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox
Casuals of the Keys
The Macbeth Murder Mystery
Gentlemen Shoppers
The Last Flower
ACT II
The Pet Department
File and Forget
Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife
Take Her Up Tenderly
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Word Dance (Part Two)
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