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Philip Barry owes a great debt to Wilde in his use of intricate plots, confused identities, and comic misunderstandings. Cite this page as follows: "The Philadelphia Story - Literary Style."
Philip Barry (1896-1949), one of the most gifted writers of American comedy, wrote over twenty plays for the Broadway stage, including such hits as The Philadelphia Story, Without Love (both with Katherine Hepburn), Foolish Notion (with Tallulah Bankhead), Hotel Universe, Par ...
Philip Barry (1896-1949), one of the most gifted writers of American comedy, wrote over twenty plays for the Broadway stage, including such hits as The Philadelphia Story, Without Love (both with Katherine Hepburn), Foolish Notion (with Tallulah Bankhead), Hotel Universe, Par ...
Philadelphia Story (The) By Joanna Kolendo. The Philadelphia Story (1939) is a comedy of manners presented as a three-act play set in the late 1930s in a magnificent mansion in Philadelphia’s western Main Line suburbs, a location of wealth and exclusivity. Written by Philip Barry (1896-1949), a prolific dramatic and comic playwright, The ...
The celebrated playwright was born Philip Jerome Quinn Barry, on June 18, 1896, in Rochester New York. He was the youngest of four children of James Corbett Barry and Mary Agnes Quinn. James Barry was a successful marble and tile contracter whose family had emigrated from Ireland when he was ten. His wife, also of Irish descent, was a ...
Philip Barry (1896-1949), one of the most gifted writers of American comedy, wrote over twenty plays for the Broadway stage, including such hits as The Philadelphia Story, Without Love (both with Katherine Hepburn), Foolish Notion (with Tallulah Bankhead), Hotel Universe, Par ...
The Philadelphia Story. : Philip Barry. Samuel French, Inc., 1942 - Drama - 141 pages. Comedy / 9m, 6f / Int./Ext. This Broadway hit starred Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord of the Philadelphia Lords, an inhibited and spoiled daughter of the privileged. Divorced from C.J. Dexter Haven, she is engaged to a successful young snob.
