End of Summer: A Play in Three Acts

by S.N. Behrman

End of Summer was produced at the Guild Theatre in New York City on February 17, 1936 and ran for 153 performances until closing in June, 1936.

Genres: Plays

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1936

About the author

Samuel Nathaniel Behrman was an American playwright, screenwriter, biographer, and longtime writer for The New Yorker. His son is the composer David Behrman.

Reviews

[Julian Munds · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a difficult play. It's about the idle rich and it falls into all those tropes. The final act is best. The firs two acts feel like a lot of filler. Some characters are developed and strong. But Mr. Dexter, Count Mirsky, Sam, I am not sure why they must figure in the plot. The triangle between Will, Dr. Rice, Paula that is the play. Leonie is also the play. These four characters make it understandable but there seems like a lot of vamping throughout.