Harvey (play)

Harvey
First edition 1953
Written byMary Chase
CharactersElwood P. Dowd
Veta Louise Simmons
Betty Chumley
E.J. Lofgren
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Judge Omar Gaffney
William R. Chumley, M.D.
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Miss Johnson
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Duane Wilson
Harvey
Date premieredNovember 1, 1944 (1944-11-01)
Place premiered48th Street Theatre
New York City, New York
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
SettingThe library of the Old Dowd Mansion
The Reception Room at Chumley's Rest

Harvey is a 1944 play by the American playwright Mary Chase. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work in 1945. It has been adapted for film and television several times, most notably in a 1950 film starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull.