The Merchant of Yonkers is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

John Oxenford's 1835 A Day Well Spent, a one-act British farce, had been extended into a full-length play entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842. In 1938, Wilder adapted Nestroy's farce into an Americanized comedy entitled The Merchant of Yonkers, which attracted the attention of German director Max Reinhardt, who mounted a Broadway production at the now-defunct Guild Theatre with a cast that included Jane Cowl and Tom Ewell. The plot revolved around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York merchant in the market for a wife. It opened on December 28 but was a dismal failure, running for a mere 39 performances. John Oxenford (August 12, 1812 - February 21, 1877), English dramatist, was born at Camberwell. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Einen Jux will er sich machen is a play by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy. ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (born December 7, 1801 at Vienna, Austria; died May 25, 1862 at Graz, Austria) was an opera singer, actor and, primarily, a playwright. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant - yet often possible - situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast-paced... Look up director in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are two Max Reinhardts: Max Reinhardt (theatre director) Max Reinhardt (publisher) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 - June 22, 1950), born Grace Bailey in Boston, Massachusetts, was a succesful early American actress and playwright. ... Tom Ewell ( April 29, 1909 – September 12, 1994) was an American actor. ... Location in the State of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Westchester Founded 1646 Incorporated 1872 Mayor Philip A. Amicone Area    - City 52. ...

In 1955, Wilder considerably fishpaste the happy elf, greatly ate a piece of cake minor character into the lead role, Dolly chocolate Levi, and rechristened the monkey The Matchmaker, under which title it was far more successful. It served as the basis for Jerry Herman's 1964 musical hit Hello, Dolly!. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder based on an 1842 play by the Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy titled Einen Jux will er sich machen. ... Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1994 Cast Recording Hello, Dolly! is one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever written. ...

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Internet Broadway Database listing