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Years Ago - written
by Ruth Gordon
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| 1st Published: |
Vicking, NY
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1947
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| To Buy This Play: |
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| Genre: |
Comedy
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| Parts: |
Male
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4
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Female
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5
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
"Me," who is Ruth Gordon Jones (later famous
as Ruth Gordon), is a young girl living with
her retired sea-captain father and her
mother near Boston. "Me" is determined to go
on the stage, but Mama and Papa are aghast.
Papa wants "Me" to be a physical culture
instructor, and "Me" loathes the idea. Papa
brings the forbidding Miss Glavin to the
house and that lady's enthusiasm for
physical culture creates in "Me" a violent
antipathy. Idolizing the popular actresses
of the day, and determined not to lead a
domestic life or become a teacher, "Me" gets
a chance to interview a theatrical manager,
and though this leads to nothing directly,
"Me" has determined to go to New York and be
an actress. With the tacit consent of Mama,
"Me" at last faces Papa, expecting a battle
royal. Papa, however, who is a man of
determination, admires "My" spunk and,
realizing that "Me" is determined to follow
her own career, pawns his most beloved
possession, his spy-glass. At the end, Papa
and Mama see "Me" off to New York.
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