About
Ira Levin, bestselling author of Rosemary's Baby and Deathtrap, brings us a trio of domestic comedies. This collected edition includes an introduction by Nicholas Levin.
Inspired by an anecdotal challenge in a book by noted theater critic Walter Kerr, Ira Levin wove a comic tale of a drama critic faced with the moral quandary of honestly reviewing his spouse's sub-par stage play. Does he review the play as he would any other and risk his marriage, or back out and compromise his professional principles?
A Broadway hit that starred Henry Fonda and Mildred Natwick-and later adapted into a film that starred Bob Hope and Lucille Ball-Critic's Choice is a highly entertaining and witty comedy with razor-sharp dialog, highly individual characters, and a timeless theme-the sometimes-impossible conflict between a person's public and private lives.
"Wittily ingenious."
"One of the wildest, funniest…farces I've ever seen."
"Ache-provoking laughs."
"Cantorial is an easy, intriguing, and diverting theatrical page-turner…Strikes the right note…Inventive idea and crisp dialogue."
"A sentimental ghost story."
"A fascinating spiritual journey."
"It is so disarming that it could, if it gets around (and I'm sure it will), make the nation's youth aspire to become drama critics instead of firemen and baseball players."
"Fresh and funny."
"Sparkling venom."
"Laugh laden and wonderful. Witty dialogue like a nonstop electric razor."
Inspired by an anecdotal challenge in a book by noted theater critic Walter Kerr, Ira Levin wove a comic tale of a drama critic faced with the moral quandary of honestly reviewing his spouse's sub-par stage play. Does he review the play as he would any other and risk his marriage, or back out and compromise his professional principles?
A Broadway hit that starred Henry Fonda and Mildred Natwick-and later adapted into a film that starred Bob Hope and Lucille Ball-Critic's Choice is a highly entertaining and witty comedy with razor-sharp dialog, highly individual characters, and a timeless theme-the sometimes-impossible conflict between a person's public and private lives.
"Wittily ingenious."
"One of the wildest, funniest…farces I've ever seen."
"Ache-provoking laughs."
"Cantorial is an easy, intriguing, and diverting theatrical page-turner…Strikes the right note…Inventive idea and crisp dialogue."
"A sentimental ghost story."
"A fascinating spiritual journey."
"It is so disarming that it could, if it gets around (and I'm sure it will), make the nation's youth aspire to become drama critics instead of firemen and baseball players."
"Fresh and funny."
"Sparkling venom."
"Laugh laden and wonderful. Witty dialogue like a nonstop electric razor."