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The Merchant of Yonkers written by Thornton Wilder (1938)
The Merchant of Yonkers
written by
Thornton Wilder
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Date:
December 28, 1938
Type:
Play
Play:
The Merchant of Yonkers written by Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder
Play:
The Merchant of Yonkers written by Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder
Play:
The Merchant of Yonkers written by Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder
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The Merchant of Yonkers is a story which revolves around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York businessman in the market for a wife.
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The Matchmaker
written by
Thornton Wilder
Date:
1955
Type:
Play
Thornton Wilder reworked the play, The Merchant of Yonkers into the famous play, The Matchmaker. It had a nice run on Broadway with 486 performances, and also won a Tony award for it's director, Tyrone Guthrie. It later becavme the basis for the 1964 Broadway sensation, Hello, Dolly!
Our Town
written by
Thornton Wilder
Date:
February 4, 1938
Type:
Play
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