Amphitryon 38
Americannoun
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When Broadway roared last season at Jean Giraudoux's Amphitryon 38, it was really patting some forgotten Greek dramatist on the back for his Amphitryon 1.
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Theatre Guild subscribers, present for the Manhattan opening of Amphitryon 38, settled back expectantly in their seats.
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To provincial Lunt-Fontanne fans, Amphitryon 38 was pretty much what the doctor ordered.
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Broadway was not surprised when Amphitryon 38 rode into Manhattan to find first-nighters willing to pay as high as $100 for a pair of seats.
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Just as all but the extremely myopic soon discovered that the display of buttockry in the startling opening set was a plaster hoax, so none but the most zealous Lunt-Fontanne champions found Amphitryon 38 the perfect play.
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