You Can’t Take It With You

Summary: 1947 BBC live studio production of the comedy You Can’t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George F. Kaufman.
Theatre play: You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart [more information]
Play synopsis: Comedy. At first the Sycamore family seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. Tony, the attractive young son of the Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore house on the wrong evening. The shock sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores find it hard to understand Alice’s view. Tony knows the Sycamores live the right way with love and care for each other, while his own family is the one that’s crazy. In the end, Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores after he happens in during a visit by the ex-Grand Duchess of Russia, Olga Katrina, who is currently earning her living as a waitress. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can’t_Take_It_with_You; accessed 8 August 2014.)
Production history: Premiered at the Booth Theatre on 14 December 1936.
Date of transmission: Sunday 18 May 1947
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Joel O’Brien

Playwright

Moss Hart

Playwright

George S. Kaufman

Cast

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