The Good Fellow
(1926)
By George S. Kaufman and Herman J. Mankiewicz
A farce about the small-town mania for joining fraternal organizations.
Manuscript only; contact: laurence.maslon@nyu.edu
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About the Play
Kaufman and Mankiewicz were colleagues at the New York Times Drama Desk in the 1920s (in fact, one of Mankiewicz’s reviews, written while on a bender, and Kaufman’s rewrite of it later figured prominently in a scene from the screenplay of Citizen Kane).
Here, they join up for their own stage comedy, a farce about the small-town mania for joining fraternal organizations. Our hero, Jim Helton, nearly bankrupts his entire family savings in order to host the national convention for his beloved Knights of Corsica. Common sense prevails at the very last minute.
Other Plays in the Catalogue
Kaufman and Ferber to the backstage life of theater, this time in a theatrical boarding house in New York, where the "star performer" is a Hungarian émigré, a playwright who dreams of recreating his brilliant theatrical troupe in America.
Helen of Troy (1923). Book by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby.
The Late George Apley opened at the Lyceum Theatre on November 21, 1944; it ran 357 performances. It was made into a 1947 film starring Ronald Colman as Apley.
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For more information about George S. Kaufman or this website, contact:
Laurence Maslon
Literary Trustee, George S. Kaufman Estate
