The Show-Off (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Kelly
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: 1924
- Setting: Philadelphia
- Principal Characters: Clara Hyland, Mrs. Fisher, Amy Fisher Piper, Aubrey Piper, Joe Fisher, Frank Hyland, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Rogers
- Genres: Domestic realism, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Marriage, 1920’s, Truthfulness and falsehood, Morality or morals, Inventions or inventors, Braggarts, Vanity, Dating
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA
The Play
The setting of The Show-Off is the Philadelphia home of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. Clara, their oldest daughter and wife of Frank Hyland, stops by one evening to bring her mother some candy. They discuss younger sister Amy’s infatuation with Aubrey Piper, a young man who visits to court Amy. Mrs. Fisher says, “It looks like a steady thing. And you never in your life heard anybody talk so much, Clara—I don’t know how she stands him.”
Clara reveals that Frank knows Aubrey, who has misrepresented himself to Amy. Aubrey claims that he is the head of the...
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