You Can't Take it With You.

by Moss Hart

Other authorsGeorge S. Kaufman (Author)
Paperback, 1964

Status

Available

Call number

PS3515 .A7943 Y6 1964

Collection

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Dramatists Play Service, ©1964.

Description

At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. The plot shows how Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. Meantime, Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress. No mention has as yet been made of the strange activities of certain members of the household engaged in the manufacture of fireworks; nor of the printing press set up in the parlor; nor of Rheba the maid and her friend Donald; nor of Grandpa's interview with the tax collector when he tells him he doesn't believe in the income tax. -- from publisher.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member milti
A very funny, absorbing play. More like the screenplay of a sitcom or something, which makes it quite an entertaining read.
LibraryThing member davadog13
I honestly wasn't really into it for the first act, and a bit into the second. But it was the impromptu dinner scene that really hooked me. From then on I loved it, the third act especially as I thought it wrapped up really nicely.
LibraryThing member katieloucks
This was the first play I helped with at my high school!

Awards

Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Drama — 1937)

Language

Original publication date

1936 (performed)
1937 (printed)

Physical description

87 p.; 7.7 inches

ISBN

0822212870 / 9780822212874

Local notes

OCLC = 389
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