Synopsis
The Philanthropist
Published by Samuel French Ltd
4 Male 3 Female
Arguing for credibility, the playwright reenacts the scene again, this time with a live gun, and accidentally blows his brains out. This sets the scene for the party which follows with the philologist's fiancee, a trollop who lives nearby and a vulgar, supercilious novelist who is contemptuous of everything but his own work
The party ends with the novelist captivating the fiancee, and the philologist and even the philanthropist obliging the trollop by going to bed with her. The dawn brings an end to the engagement
"A very witty comedy. A good evening of high class theatrical high jinks" ~ N.Y. Times