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Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions (1906), a play by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley. [New Amsterdam Theatre, 163 perf.] Montgomery Brewster ( Edward Abeles) is left one million dollars in the will of his grandfather, who died remorseful over neglecting his daughter, Brewster's mother. Monty's joy at his inheritance is at once compounded and confounded when he learns his uncle has also died and left him seven million dollars. But his uncle's will contains a hitch. The uncle hated his father (Monty's grandfather) and demands that Monty spend all of the grandfather's money at once, without revealing why and without giving any money to charity. Monty enlists a group of his friends to help on the spending spree, but complications arise because of the secrecy clause. In this raucous farce, which was based on George Barr McCutcheon's story, Smith introduced a mysterious performer named George Spelvin, who later reappeared in many of his plays whenever the real identity of a figure had to be kept secret. The name became something of a Smith trademark and is still used today.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BrewstersMillions.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BrewstersMillions.html |
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Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions, comic fantasy by G.B. McCutcheon, dramatized by Winchell Smith.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BrewstersMillions.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brewster's Millions." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BrewstersMillions.html |
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