George Washington Slept Here

Performances

George Washington Slept Here

Venue

Majestic Theatre

Synopsis

The play chronicles the trials and tribulations of Newton Fuller who craves-and-gets-“a little place in the country to call his own.” Newton and his wife Annabell, and their daughter Madge, are hypnotized into taking over one of those windowless, waterless, almost roofless houses that dot the countryside. The ensuing troubles may be summed up by a search for water, a quarrel with a neighbor who owns not only the brook but the very road that leads from the highway to the house, also the attempted elopement of the daughter with a summer-theatre actor, and the usual invasion of the weekend guests, including a prodigal uncle who is assumed to be rich but turns out to be bankrupt. It is discovered that the neighbor does not own Newton’s roadway, and that Newton’s wife, who began showing disgust over her husband’s idiocy in wanting to live in the country, now decides he was right all along.

Authors: Moss Hart and George Kauffman

Historian’s Corner

The Board of Directors moved in a September meeting to set the single admission tickets at the following levels: $1.00, $.75 and $.50. The season ticket price was set at $3.00 for all four shows. During the intermission of the first show, if a patron paid single admission, they could now buy a season ticket for the remainder of the season for the price of their single admission ticket subtracted from the $3.00. At the current showing of eight performances, the Players would need to sell 700 season tickets in order to perform all four shows that season.