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Title	:	You Can't Take it With You
Author	:	Moss Hart
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 87 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1937 by Dramatists Play Service (first published 1936)
Categories	:	Plays. Drama. Theatre. Classics. Humor. Fiction

You Can't Take it With You

Moss Hart

Paperback | Pages: 87 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 8413 Users | 136 Reviews

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George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's Depression-era feel-good -- light hearted, Pulitzer Prize winner is as resonant today as it was when it debuted in 1936.

Set in the large home of the Sycamore family, the story depicts the lightweight travels of a group of eccentrics living with little means of support. The family patriarch, "Grandpa" Martin Vanderhof hasn't worked in 35 years, having quit one day when he grasped the fact that work was interfering with his fun, an attitude that extends to shrugging off repeated attempts by the IRS to collect back taxes.

Grandpa's daughter Penelope Sycamore dabbles with play-writing and painting without achieving much in either arena; her husband, Paul builds models with Erector Sets and assembles unlicensed fireworks in the basement with his assistant Mr. DePinna. The Sycamores' married daughter Essie is an aspiring but incompetent dancer coached by a blustery Russian instructor named Kolenkhov; Essie and her young husband, Ed also live in the house. When Ed's not running his amateur printing press, he's knocking out pop tunes on the xylophone. Alice, the seemingly responsible daughter, loses plenty of sleep over her growing affection for the boss's son, Tony Kirby, a smart young man of a Wall Street family.There's almost no evidence that anyone in the household actually earns a living, but somehow they manage to sustain a relatively good lifestyle, even supporting a kitchen maid named Rheba and her handyman boyfriend Donald.

The premise, makes plenty of escapist sense in a high-unemployment economy — no one really needs money to live; all that's really needed is for a bunch of lovable loonies to jump in a boat together and row, even if, especially if, they're all pulling in different directions.The broke-but-happy Sycamore clan is in contrast to the wealthy, uptight Kirbys (Tony's workaholic investment-banker father and spiritualist/socialite mother), when the inevitable get-acquainted dinner goes dreadfully awry. It's a disaster, capped with the arrest of everyone in the household.

The third act reveals Kirby attitude softening toward the zany Sycamore clan. Kirby Sr., is a ruthless, grasping tycoon, eager to buy up every house on the Sycamores' block to make room for a munitions plant. When his son Tony tells his father that he resigns and no longer wants this lifestyle. After his son leaves, his father is shocked, and devastated by his son's decision. Kirby compares his life to the life of the Sycamores. He decides to not fulfill the takeover of the Sycamore home and visits "Grandpa" Martin Vanderhof where he realizes what's most important in life. The end of the story is of Kirby's regeneration at the hands of the carefree Sycamores.

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Original Title:	You Can't Take it With You
ISBN:	0822212870 (ISBN13: 9780822212874)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Sycamore family, Mr. DePinna, Rheba, the Kirbys
Setting:	United States of America

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So much fun! A warm delightful escapist play!

4 1/4 stars

This play has so many issues with being offensive and dated, i.e. obviously the racial issues (at one point, the stage directions say a black character gives a black look ... ?!?) and the communism discussion. But its a pretty well-structured and entertaining play nonetheless. Interesting characters.

World famous title for an item from Mme Tussaud's wax works.

I had so much fun reading this. Even the stage directions had me laughing. What a good time. It was more fun to read than to watch it being performed.

A cute and heartfelt play that made me yearn for another crazy family gathering and maybe for a few weeks to spend in the 30's.

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2951226.htmlThe drunk actress Gay Wellington (and another comic turn, the Grand Duchess Olga) were among the cuts made by Riskin as he adapted the play for the screen. Kirby's background is much less developed in the play - the whole subplot involving property transactions, and the character of Mr Poppins, are inserted by Riskin into the film. The Vanderhofs have pet snakes rather than a raven. (Though I'm glad to say that the kitten is original.)The guts of it are