The Seven Year Itch (play)
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| The Seven Year Itch | |
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| Written by | George Axelrod |
| Date premiered | 20 November 1952 |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Fidelity |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | The apartment of the Richard Shermans, in the Gramercy Park section of New York City. Present time. |
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The Seven Year Itch is a 1952 three-act play written by George Axelrod starring Tom Ewell and Vanessa Brown.
The titular phrase, which refers to declining interest in a monogamous relationship after seven years of marriage, has been used by psychologists.[1]
The play was filmed in 1955 as The Seven Year Itch, directed and co-written by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, reprising his Broadway role.
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Productions [edit]
The stage version premiered at the Fulton Theatre on 20 November 1952.[2]
- Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman
- Vanessa Brown as The Girl
- Neva Patterson as Helen Sherman
- Marilyn Clark as Miss Morris
- Joan Donovan as Elaine
- Robert Emhardt as Dr. Brubaker
- Pat Fowler as The Voice of The Girl's Conscience
- George Ives as The Voice of Richard's Conscience
- George Keane as Tom Mackenzie
- Johnny Klein as Ricky Sherman
- Irene Moore as Marie What-Ever-Her-Name-Was
Plot [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ Dalton, Aaron (2001-01). "The Ties That Unbind". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ^ The Seven Year Itch Internet Broadway Database Accessed 14 January 2009
External links [edit]
- Review of the play as produced by The American Century Theater.
- "George Axelrod and The Great American Sex Farce" at The Cad
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