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Second Best Bed

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 11m

N. Richard Nash

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    2w, 11m

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Produced in New York at the Barrymore Theatre with Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Forbes. This play exposes a light-hearted and imaginative episode in the turbulent but affectionate marriage of young Will Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. The characteristic roguish wit of Shakespeare is here pitted against a country bumpkin named Poggs. Alas, poor Poggs, what a silly sight he makes as Shakespeare's foil in this capricious romantic comedy. The character of a strolling singer provides the opportunity for introducing Elizabethan ballads.

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N. Richard Nash

N. Richard Nash

N. Richard Nash (1913-2000) wrote with distinction for the theatre, television, film, poetry and fiction. He is best known for The Rainmaker, which has been translated into nearly 40 languages. Nash wrote the screenplay for Porgy and Bess and the libretti for The Happy Time a ...

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