Harvey (play)

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Harvey (play) is a 1944 Pulitzer Prize–winning stage comedy by Mary Chase about a genial man whose best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy play
stage play
author Mary Chase
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama
characterTypeOfHarvey invisible rabbit
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPerformanceYear 1944
firstPublicationCentury 20th century
genre comedy
fantasy
hasAdaptation Harvey (1950 film)
Harvey (1972 television film)
linked to: Harvey (1950 film)

Harvey (other television adaptations)
hasBroadwayRun yes
hasCharacter Dr. Lyman Sanderson
linked to: Dr. William Chumley

Dr. William Chumley
Elwood P. Dowd
Harvey
Judge Omar Gaffney
Myrtle Mae Simmons
linked to: Veta Louise Simmons

Nurse Ruth Kelly
Veta Louise Simmons
hasSubject a man whose best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit
hasWestEndProduction yes
influenced later works about imaginary companions
isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork true
mainCharacter Elwood P. Dowd
notableActorInAdaptation James Stewart
notableAwardYear 1945
notableBroadwayProductionYear 1944
notableTheme kindness and compassion
reality versus illusion
tolerance of eccentricity
originalBroadwayProducer Brock Pemberton
originalBroadwayTheatre 42nd Street Theatre
originalLanguage English
PulitzerPrize Pulitzer Prize for Drama
PulitzerPrizeYear 1945
setting an American town
subjectMatter imaginary friend
mental health
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
titleCharacter Harvey
writer Mary Chase

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Harvey basedOn Harvey (play)
James Dreyfus notableWork Harvey (stage production)
linked to: Harvey (play)
Larry Blyden notableWork Harvey (Broadway revival)
linked to: Harvey (play)
Scott Ellis directed Harvey (2012 Roundabout Theatre revival)
linked to: Harvey (play)
Harvey basedOn Harvey (play)
subject linked to: John Beck
Mary Chase notableWork Harvey (stage play)
linked to: Harvey (play)
Harvey (pooka) appearsIn play "Harvey"
linked to: Harvey (play)
Veta Louise Simmons appearsIn Harvey (play)
Veta Louise Simmons firstAppearance Harvey (play, 1944)
linked to: Harvey (play)