| Romantic Comedy | |
| Written by | Bernard Slade |
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| Characters | Phoebe Craddock Jason Carmichael |
| Date premiered | November 8, 1979 |
| Place premiered | Ethel Barrymore Theatre New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Two playwrights collaborate over the course of nine years |
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| IBDB profile | |
Romantic Comedy is a play by Bernard Slade, author of Same Time, Next Year.
The plot focuses on Phoebe Craddock and Jason Carmichael, playwrights who meet and decide to collaborate just as he is getting married. Their relationship produces first a failure and then a string of successes, and their repartée remains sharp and witty as their unrequited interest in each other gathers energy over a nine-year period, until some resolution finally is in sight.
Following eleven previews, the Broadway production directed by Joseph Hardy opened on November 8, 1979 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 396 performances. The original cast included Mia Farrow, Anthony Perkins (who later was replaced by Keith Baxter), Carole Cook, and Benay Venuta.
In 1983, Slade adapted his play for a feature film directed by Arthur Hiller.
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