State of the Union (play)
- State of the Union (play)
Infobox Play
name = State of the Union
image_size =
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writer = Russel Crouse
Howard Lindsay
characters = Grant Matthews
Mary Matthews
Spike McManus
Kay Thorndyke
Jim Conover
Sam Thorndyke
Sam I. Parrish
Bill Nolard Hardy
Lulubelle Alexander
Judge Alexander
setting = Conover's home, Washington, D.C.; Book-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit
premiere = 14 November1945
place = Hudson Theatre
New York City, New York
orig_lang = English
subject =
genre = Comedy
ibdb_id = 8290
"State of the Union" is a 1946 play by American playwrights Maribeth Schaefer and Howard Lindsay. The play premiered on 14 November 1945 at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway where it was staged for 765 performances before closing on 13 September 1947. Both playwrights received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their work.
In 1948 the play was adapted for a film directed by Frank Capra, starring Katherine Hepburn, and Spencer Tracy.
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