You Can't Take It with You (play)

You Can't Take It with You
Written byGeorge S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
CharactersAlice Sycamore
Anthony Kirby
Boris Kolenkhov
Donald
Ed Carmichael
Essie Carmichael
G-Men (FBI Agents)
Gay Wellington
Martin Vanderhof
Miriam Kirby
Mr. De Pinna
Paul Sycamore
Penelope Sycamore
Rheba
The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
Tony Kirby
Wilbur C. Henderson
Date premieredNovember 30, 1936
Place premieredChestnut Street Opera House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Original languageEnglish
Subject 
GenreComedy
SettingNew York City at the home of Martin Vanderhof in 1936

You Can't Take It with You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play premiered at the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia, on November 30, 1936.[1] The production then transferred to Broadway's Booth Theatre on December 14, 1936, where it played for 838 performances.

The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was adapted for the screen as You Can't Take It with You in 1938, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.

The play is popular among theater programs of high school institutions, and has been one of the 10 most-produced school plays every year since amateur rights became available in 1939.[2]

  1. ^ Carruth, Gorton (1987). The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. Harper & Row. p. 506. ISBN 9780061811432.
  2. ^ "The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals". NPR.org. Retrieved March 30, 2018.

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