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Seventeen
Seventeen (1918), a play by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stannard Mears. [Booth Theatre, 225 perf.] Teenager Willie Baxter ( Gregory Kelly), living in a small Indiana town at the turn of the century, is so smitten one summer with the visiting baby‐talking Lola Pratt ( Ruth Gordon) that he steals his father's evening clothes in order to court her, leading to romantic and family complications. Stuart Walker produced the gentle comedy based on Booth Tarkington's famous novel of puppy love. The same story served as the basis for the musical Seventeen (1951) with a book by Sally Benson and a delightful score by Walter Kent (music) and Kim Gannon (lyrics). Kenneth Nelson was Willie and the musical ran 180 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre. Notable songs: Summertime Is Summertime; Reciprocity; After All, It's Spring.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Seventeen." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Seventeen." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Seventeen.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Seventeen." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Seventeen.html |
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seventeen
sev·en·teen / ˌsevənˈtēn; ˈsevənˌtēn/ • cardinal number one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17: seventeen years later a list of names, seventeen in all. (Roman numeral: xvii, XVII) ∎ seventeen years old: he joined the Marines at seventeen. ∎ a set or team of seventeen individuals. DERIVATIVES: sev·en·teenth / ˌsevənˈtēn[unvoicedth]; ˈsevənˌtēn[unvoicedth]/ adj. & n. |
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"seventeen." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "seventeen." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-seventeen.html "seventeen." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-seventeen.html |
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"seventeen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "seventeen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-seventeen.html "seventeen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-seventeen.html |
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