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A Woman's Way

by Thompson Buchanan

"In this comedy, it is "inevitable" that the wife and the other woman should meet in the presence of the husband, and that they should come to open grapple under the very eyes of the audience. The joy of [Buchanan's] comedy, of course, in no small measure is due to the fact that the other woman is not at all the sort of antagonist the wife expected; that she is, in fact, charming, with worldly poise equal to the occasion."

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1984

Genre/Category

Comedy

Tags/Keywords

Comics Fun

Author

Thompson Buchanan

United States

Thompson Buchanan was an American writer. While a journalist he began writing novels, and then turned to plays, with 1909's A Woman's Way starring Grace George being his first hit. He began writing fo...

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