He Will Go on a Spree

"He Will Go on a Spree" (1842), also known as "He'll Have Himself a Good Time" (German:"Einen Jux will er sich machen"), is a play by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy.

Although about half of Nestroy's works have been revived for the modern German-speaking audience and many are part and parcel of today's Viennese repertoire, few have ever been translated into English.

"He Will Go on a Spree" is the only one that has become well-known to English-speaking theatre-goers. Interestingly, it has become a classic more than once. It was adapted twice by Thornton Wilder, first as "The Merchant of Yonkers" (1938), then as "The Matchmaker" (1955), which later became the musical "Hello, Dolly!". It also achieved success as the comic masterpiece "On the Razzle", which was adapted by Tom Stoppard in 1991.

The play itself was adapted from John Oxenford's "A Day Well Spent" (1835).

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