The Philadelphia Story Summary
Philip Barry

Everything you need to understand or teach The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry.

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The Philadelphia Story Summary

Philip Barry was one of the more popular and successful American playwrights of the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote more than twenty plays, but is best remembered for The Philadelphia Story, a comedy of manners set in Philadelphia high society during the late 1930s.

Tracy Lord, the wealthy heroine of The Philadelphia Story, divorces her husband, C.K. Dexter Haven, and is about to marry a man named George Kittredge. However, their wedding...

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