John Patrick
Three plays: In Raconteur, Mother and son discourage the father from considering himself a peerless wit with contrived boredom. In Fettucine, bickering parents are almost cured by the son's prospect of marrying wealth. In Masquerade, mother and son become reconciled to the father wearing his wife's clothes to prove his masculinity.
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John Patrick (1905 –1995) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter. His many Broadway plays include Hell Freezes Over (1935), The Willow and I (1942), The Hasty Heart (1945; adapted for the screen in 1949), The Curious Savage (1950) and Lo and Behold (1951).
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