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Directed by Richard Quine Music by Neal Hefti Playwright Arthur Kopit | 3.4/5 Goodreads Written by Ian Bernard First performance 1962 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Stanley Rubin
Ray Stark Based on Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (play)
by Arthur L. Kopit Starring Rosalind Russell
Robert Morse
Barbara Harris
Hugh Griffith
Jonathan Winters Similar Arthur Kopit plays, Other plays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oh dad poor dad mamma s hung you in the closet and i m feelin so sad arthur koppit
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition was the first play written by Arthur L. Kopit. The play opened off-Broadway at the Phoenix Repertory Theatre in New York City in 1962 and moved to the Morosco Theatre for 47 performances on Broadway in 1963. The principal roles were originated on Broadway by Hermione Gingold (Madame Rosepettle), Sam Waterston (Jonathan, her awkward son), Alix Elias (Rosalie, seductive babysitter), and Sandor Szabo (Commodore Roseabove). The director was Jerome Robbins.
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- Oh dad poor dad mamma s hung you in the closet and i m feelin so sad arthur koppit
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The play was turned into a film of the same name in 1967 starring Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris and directed by Richard Quine.
In the film version, Barbara Harris reprised her role of Rosalie from the 1962 Off-Broadway version of the play.
Plot
Described by the author as a "farce in three scenes", the story involves an overbearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her deceased husband, preserved and in his casket.