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Time of Your Life, The
Time of Your Life, The (1939), a play by William Saroyan. [Booth Theatre, 185 perf.; Pulitzer Prize, NYDCC Award.] At a run‐down San Francisco bar, the open‐hearted, openhanded Joe ( Eddie Dowling) encourages one and all to be their own eccentric selves. He finds employment for a would‐be dancer, Harry ( Gene Kelly), and fosters the romance between his sidekick Tom ( Edward Andrews) and the good‐hearted streetwalker Kitty Duval ( Julie Haydon). An old Indian fighter, Kit Carson ( Len Doyle), spins wild yarns of his imaginary past and kills the vicious detective Blick ( Grover Burgess), who seeks to destroy the serene world of the contented castaways. After a pinball addict, Willie ( Will Lee), strikes the jackpot, Joe muses, “In the time of your life, live, so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.” John Mason Brown called the work “at once gleeful and heartbreaking, tender and hilarious, probing and elusive.” The Theatre Guild offering was the first play to win both major drama awards. Revivals have been plentiful, particularly in regional theatres.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-TimeofYourLifeThe.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-TimeofYourLifeThe.html |
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Time of Your Life, The
Time of Your Life, The, play by William Saroyan.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-TimeofYourLifeThe.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Time of Your Life, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-TimeofYourLifeThe.html |
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