To the Ladies | |
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Written by | George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly |
Directed by | Howard Lindsay |
Date premiered | February 20, 1922 |
Place premiered | Liberty Theatre |
Original language | English |
Subject | Wife guides her husband to success |
Genre | Comedy |
Setting | The Beebe home in Nutley, New Jersey, Hotel Commodore and office of John Kincaid's Sons, New York City |
To the Ladies is a 1922 play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. The play's title occasionally appears with an exclamation point at the end. It is a fast-paced three-act comedy with four scenes, three settings, and fourteen characters. The story concerns the efforts of a newly married wife to help her scatter-brained husband rise in his career. It was written to order as a vehicle for Helen Hayes, to give her a domestic role rather than the flappers she had been playing.
The play was first produced by Abe Erlanger and George C. Tyler, staged by Howard Lindsay, and starred Hayes and Otto Kruger. After a tryout in Rochester, New York, the play made its Broadway premiere in February 1922, running through June 1922, for over 125 performances.
The play was never revived on Broadway, but was adapted for a 1923 silent film.