Death Takes a Holiday - a Comedy in Three Acts

It's based on the poetic conception of Death suspending all activities for three days during which he falls in love with a beautiful girl and through her realizes why mortals fear him

The mood of the play is established with remarkable skill and while it is charged with exciting moments, it is a perfect background for a love story that is as simple as it is appealing

The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect

Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death

One of the most popular and successful plays for amateurs