The Seven Year Itch (play)

The Seven Year Itch
Written by George Axelrod
Date premiered 20 November 1952
Original language English
Subject Fidelity
Genre Comedy
Setting The apartment of the Richard Shermans, in the Gramercy Park section of New York City. Present time.
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The Seven Year Itch is a 1952 three-act play written by George Axelrod starring Tom Ewell and Vanessa Brown.

The titular phrase, which refers to declining interest in a monogamous relationship after seven years of marriage, has been used by psychologists.[1]

The play was filmed in 1955 as The Seven Year Itch, directed and co-written by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, reprising his Broadway role.

Contents

Broadway cast

The stage version premiered at the Fulton Theatre on 20 November 1952.[2]

Plot

References

  1. ^ Dalton, Aaron (2001-01). "The Ties That Unbind". Psychology Today. http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20000101-000007.html. Retrieved 2008-10-30. 
  2. ^ The Seven Year Itch Internet Broadway Database Accessed 14 January 2009

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