The play's the thing
By: adapted from the Hungarian by P.G. Wodehouse.
Contributors: Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975.
Publisher: Brentano's
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Description: P.G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Jatek a Kastelyban (The Play in the Castle) brings Ferenc Molnar's classic comedy to a wider audience. The play is a romantic farce without the usual door-slamming and comic entrances and exits. Instead, we are treated to a party of guests seemingly overhearing a lover's tryst, only to find (with the help of a very quick-witted playwright) that they are actually hearing something very different. The play combines beautifully formed characters with an exquisite text.