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Come on Strong
Author(s):
Garson Kanin
Virginia Karger and Herbert Lundquist, two young acting hopefuls, share a flat on New York's West Side and a common ambition to get ahead in the Theatre. She is also interested in matrimony. But as Herb is unwilling to change their present casual arrangement for something more binding, Ginny accepts the proposal of an older admirer and departs for what proves to be a tragically abortive honeymoon in Atlantic City. Her husband dies of a heart attack and Ginny, numbed with shock, returns briefly to Herb before setting off for Hollywood with the burning determination to rebuild her life. When the two meet again several years later Herb has turned to capitalizing on his talent as a photographer while Ginny, her name changed to Vanessa Carr, is now a worldly and desperately expedient starlet willing to make any concession to further her career. Herb's success as a producer of documentary films has brought him to Hollywood, but he is unable to accept the shallow pretense of the movie center or the realization of what Ginny has become. This time he is the one who leaves, and when the two next encounter one another several more years have passed. Again the setting is New York, but in a sumptuous suite of the Plaza Hotel. Ginny, now Ginia Karr, a reigning movie queen, is to be photographed by Herb, the ace photographer for a leading news magazine. At first their meeting is marked by distrust and cutting repartee, but at last, in a fast-moving scene filled with both drama and comedy, the former lovers finally break through the wall of resentment and misunderstanding which had grown up between them and, coming to terms with themselves, acknowledge their love and the need for marriage to make it meaningful and lasting.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 20 | | Male Characters: | 20 | | Female Characters: | 10 | | Androgynous Characters: | -10 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $40 per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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