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Harvey
Harvey (1944), a comedy by Mary Chase. [48th Street Theatre, 1,775 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] Flibbertigibbet Veta Louise Simmons ( Josephine Hull) and her haughty, homely spinster daughter, Myrtle Mae ( Jane Van Duser), are exasperated with Veta's boozy but mild‐mannered brother, Elwood P. Dowd ( Frank Fay), who has befriended Harvey, an invisible rabbit who stands over six feet tall. When Elwood introduces Harvey to the socially prominent Mrs. Chauvenet ( Frederica Going), Myrtle Mae is furious and insists Uncle Elwood be sent to a “booby hatch” called Chumley's Rest. When Veta visits the home, she is mistaken for a prospective patient and confusion reigns until matters are cleared up and Elwood is admitted. But at the last minute Veta realizes that she prefers Elwood as the harmless, benign man he has always been rather than as an unhappy resident at Chumley's, so Elwood returns home, taking Harvey with him. Originally called The Pooka (a Celtic term describing a fairy spirit in animal form), Brock Pemberton produced the play against the advice of his fellow professionals and after all his initial choices for Elwood turned him down. His casting of Fay, a recovering alcoholic who had fallen on hard times, was a desperate inspiration. John Chapman of the Daily News called the comedy “the most delightful, droll, endearing, funny and touching piece of stage whimsy I ever saw.” It has been revived regularly in theatres across the country and in New York, where James Stewart and Helen Hayes starred in a popular 1970 production. A musical version called Say Hello to Harvey, starring Donald O'Connor and Patricia Routledge, closed on the road in 1981. Mary Coyle CHASE (1907–81) was born in West Denver, Colorado, and had a long career there as a journalist before writing her first play for the Federal Theatre Project and a second for Broadway, both of them failures. After the success of Harvey she wrote The Next Half Hour (1945), Mrs. McThing (1952), Bernadine (1952), and Midgie Purvis (1961).
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Harvey.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Harvey.html |
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Harvey city (1990 pop. 29,771), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb S of Chicago; inc. 1895. Its manufactures include steel castings, metal products, chemicals, machinery, and electronic equipment. Harvey has an oil research center. The city was founded by Turlington W. Harvey, a wealthy lumberman, in 1890. |
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"Harvey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Harvey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Harvey.html "Harvey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Harvey.html |
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Harvey ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which is derived from a Breton personal name composed of haer ‘battle’ + vy ‘worthy’. It was introduced to Britain by Bretons who settled in East Anglia and elsewhere in the wake of the Norman Conquest.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harvey." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harvey." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Harvey.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Harvey." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Harvey.html |
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Harvey
Harvey, play by Mary C. Chase.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Harvey.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Harvey." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Harvey.html |
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"Harvey." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Harvey." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Harvey.html "Harvey." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Harvey.html |
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