The Seven Year Itch (play)
| The Seven Year Itch | |
|---|---|
| Written by | George Axelrod |
| Date premiered | 20 November 1952 |
| Place premiered | Fulton Theatre New York City |
| 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. |
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.
Contents
Productions
The stage version premiered at the Fulton Theatre on 20 November 1952, and closed there on 13 August 1955, after a run of 1,141 performances.[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
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References
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- ↑ The Seven Year Itch Internet Broadway Database Accessed 14 January 2009
External links
- The Seven Year Itch at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Seven Year Itch at the Internet Broadway Database
- 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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