When I first read this play I absolutely loved it. When our school did the production I played the part of Edward Carmichael. It was one of the greatest experiences for me. I loved doing the show, it was soo much fun. To me the show was about a very loving family who has to overcome obstacles. I would love to do the show again.

Reading "You Can't Take It With You" brought back so many memories. This play is full of fireworks, plays, kittens, and everything that comes together to create entertaining chaos! This play can be enjoyed by all ages. High School theatre teachers will smile as their students take pride in portraying characters like Penny, Mr. De Pinna and Essie! This story will stay in your mind as a warm memory.

As an actor in high school, I played the character of Mr. DePinna, and it was the best theater experience I've ever had. The play has enough mature themes to be taken seriously (unlike many other family life plays of the period), but it is also humorous enough to let the cast enjoy acting in it.

I just saw a performance of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and it is at the extreme of cultural literacy. The ideal audience for this work is someone proficient in the society of the time period. If you know who Admiral Byrd, Booth Tarkington, and Katharine Cornell are, you'll love catching all the names that Sheridan drops!

What could be said in this review? The brilliance of this magnificent drawing room comedy speaks for itself! Undoubtedly an American classic, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" has it all: Outrageous characters, a hysterical plot with many twists and turns, and enough solid one liners to keep a person laughing until next Christmas!If you don't love this play, you obviously don't love a good time.

This biography of George Kaufman is excellent and that's just for openers. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of this brilliant playwright, satirist, ladies' man, genius, comic wit, husband, father and friend. He led an incredibly full and fascinating life. The company he kept was unparalleled. The book reveals his earliest days as a child growing up in Pennsylvania,to his marriage to Beatrice, along with his many collaborations with the top writers of the period; many who joined him at the Algonquin Round Table. The book discusses the many women in his life, of which there were many. Not surprising. One chapter is devoted to his relationship with his daughter, Anne. The entire book is excellent; a real page turner! George S. Kaufman was incredibly talented and complex. I love this book! I've read it probably thirty time easily. Obviously this forum wasn't expecting this book to be reviewed or it would have given the option to rank a book 10 stars, which is what I rate it. I can't say enough good things about George S. Kaufman. The book also reveals the meaning behind his middle initial. BRAVO!

Stage Door is a nice little play with lots of great comic moments and interseting characters. The main plot of the play deals with Terry Randal, a hardworking young actress trying to make it on 1930's Broadway. This storyline is not too engrossing, and the wooden character of Terry tends to get on one's nerves awfully fast. The redeeming parts of Stage Door, however, are the side plots which feature witty Judith Canfield, zany Bernice, tragic Kaye Hamilton and numerous other supporting characters. Stage Door is certaintly worth a read.

I was in a performance of this and thought that it was really great, I really enjoyed it. The main (female)character is Terry, and the 2nd lead is Kaye Hamilton. She is the only gloomy part of the entire thing but is SO cool!!

The play centers around the crazy Sycmore family, particularly focusing on the younger daughter, Alice. Alice is engaged to Tony Kirby, but feels the gap between his straight-laced roots and her outlandish upbringing will be to strong. In an effort to dissuede her, Tony surprises her by bringing his parents to visit on the wrong night so they get an acurate idea of Alice's family. The night ends with the whole company being arrested for the illegal manufacture of fireworks. Alice plans to leave for the Adirondacks, but is stopped by Tony. His father comes for him, but Mr. Kirby is brought around to the other side by Grandpa, who points out a very important fact. Whatever possessions you have in life are of no consequence. You can't take it with you when you die.

As a great fan of George S. Kaufman (especially of his works co-written with Moss Hart), I was very much looking forward to reacquainting myself with his earlier comedies co-written with Edna Ferber. Unfortunately, this book has to be the most poorly proofread and mis-edited mass market text I've ever seen. My guess is that the text was scanned in using OCR software. A tremendous number of words make no sense in their context or are not even real words at all. Frequently, words will have capital letters, symbols, or numbers randomly inserted into the middle of them. Punctuation is erratic, with numerous periods in the midst of words or within sentences. The result is that the text is a chore to read, and the typesetting almost ruins these otherwise interesting plays. My advice is that, if you have access to the three plays in another volume, read them there; you'll enjoy the experience more. This is really an amateurish product that does disservice to the creativity of two fine pros.

I was told that the play "The Royal Family" would be hilariously funny. I must say, it seemed somehow outdated and the jokes were not funny at all. I do not understand Tony's character. The character development is poor, except for the authors' development of Fanny Cavendish. Don't bother reading through this waste of words!

I am a fan of both authors, Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. They wrote beautiful plays together that are particularly charming! Royal Family is a great play that I am currently in as the character Gwen so I have explored the show quite well. I highly recommend this collection of plays to anyone who enjoys humor and drama! Thanks for reading :)