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Berkeley Square

Full-Length Play  /  8w, 7m

John L. Balderston

Events of the past, present and future mingle in the life of one man. Peter Standish, an ardent young American inherits a house in Berkeley Square and changes places with his ancestor, the Peter Standish who came from New York in 1784 and married his cousin Kate. He takes up the threads of the earli…

Berkeley Square

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 7m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy

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Events of the past, present and future mingle in the life of one man. Peter Standish, an ardent young American inherits a house in Berkeley Square and changes places with his ancestor, the Peter Standish who came from New York in 1784 and married his cousin Kate. He takes up the threads of the earlier Peter's life but falls in love with Kate's sister. They have to part, for the modern world recalls the modern Peter and his ancestor clamors to return to his period.
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    • Alcohol
    • Smoking

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John L. Balderston

John L. Balderston
John L. Balderston began his career as a journalist in 1912 while still a student at Columbia University; he worked as the New York correspondent for the Philadelphia Record. He worked as European war correspondent during World War I for the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, then ...
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