Dec 22, 2009

You Can't Take It with You | Act I Summary

Act I, Scene i
You Can't Take it with You takes place in the living room of Grandpa Martin Vanderhof's home in New York City. The action begins on a Wednesday evening in 1936. The curtain rises on an eclectically decorated room containing a solarium full of snakes, a xylophone, and a printing press in addition to more common furniture items like chairs and tables.

A scene from the 1983 National Theatre production in London

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