| Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad | |
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| Directed by | Richard Quine |
| Produced by | Stanley Rubin Ray Stark |
| Written by | Arthur Kopit (play) Ian Bernard |
| Starring | Rosalind Russell Robert Morse Barbara Harris Hugh Griffith |
| Music by | Neal Hefti |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton, Jr. Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Editing by | Warren Low David Wages |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition was the first play written by Arthur L. Kopit. The play opened off-Broadway at the Phoenix Repertory Theatre in New York City in 1962 and moved to the Morosco Theatre for 47 performances on Broadway in 1963. The principal roles were originated by Hermione Gingold (Madame Rosepettle), Sam Waterston (Jonathan, her awkward son) Barbara Harris, Alix Elias (Rosalie, seductive babysitter), and Sandor Szabo (Commodore Roseabove). The director was Jerome Robbins. [1]
The play was turned into a film of the same name in 1967, starring Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris, and directed by Richard Quine.
Barbara Harris reprised her role of Rosalie from the 1962 play in the film version.
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Described by the author as a "farce in three scenes" the story involves an over-bearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her husband (who is deceased, but preserved and brought along in his casket).
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