The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden

The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
A 1952 production of The Happy Journey at Shimer College
Written byThornton Wilder
CharactersThe Stage Manager
Ma, Mrs. Kate Kirby
Arthur, her son
Caroline, her daughter
Pa, Ma's husband Elmer
Beulah, the Kirbys' married daughter who lives in Camden
Date premieredNovember 25, 1931
Place premieredYale University theater in New Haven, Connecticut
Original languageEnglish
Subjecta family travels by motorcar to visit a daughter in Camden
GenreComedy
Settingthe road going from Trenton to Camden in New Jersey

The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden is a one act play by American novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder written in 1931. It was first published in The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act (New York: Coward-McCann, 1931).