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Old Homestead, The
Old Homestead, The (1887), a play by Denman Thompson, George W. Ryer (uncredited). [14th Street Theatre, 160 perf.] Joshua Whitcomb ( Thompson) is a New Hampshire farmer who always has a friendly welcome for neighbors and strangers alike. But he also has a problem that worries him: his son Reuben ( T. D. Frawley) has gone to New York and has not been heard from for nearly a year. So Joshua decides to go and seek out Reuben. He stays in the Manhattan mansion of his old schoolmate Henry Hopkins ( Walter Lennox) who has become a millionaire. They soon discover that Reuben has hit the skids and become a derelict. Joshua helps rehabilitate his son and makes him promise that he will return home for the holidays. When the holidays come, Reuben does return, a reformed man. Joshua welcomes him and all his friends, admonishing him, “Now don't let this be your last visit to the Old Homestead. Come up in June when all natur' is at her best—come on, all of you, and let the scarlet runners chase you back to childhood.” Called by George Odell “certainly the most famous of all rural plays,” it grew out of a vaudeville sketch that Thompson first wrote and performed in 1875. Thompson played Josuha regularly until shortly before his death in 1911.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-OldHomesteadThe.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-OldHomesteadThe.html |
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Old Homestead, The
Old Homestead, The, play by Denman Thompson.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-OldHomesteadThe.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Old Homestead, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-OldHomesteadThe.html |
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