Forty Carats

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Forty Carats is a romantic comedy play, later adapted into a film, about a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a much younger man, noted for its witty exploration of age and relationships.

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instanceOf Broadway play
romantic comedy
stage play
adaptedAs film "Forty Carats"
adaptedFromWorkBy Barillet et Grédy
author Jay Presson Allen
award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie Harris)
basedOn French play "Quarante carats"
broadwayLeadActress Julie Harris
broadwayLeadRole Ann Stanley
broadwayPeriod late 1960s
broadwayRunType commercial production
countryOfOrigin United States
dramaticTone light-hearted
witty
filmAdaptationCountryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector Milton Katselas
filmAdaptationLanguage English
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1973
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Jay Presson Allen
filmAdaptationStar Binnie Barnes
Edward Albert
Gene Kelly
Liv Ullmann
genre comedy
romantic comedy
hasAdaptation feature film
hasForm three-act play
hasMainCharacter Ann Stanley
Peter Latham
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences
mainTheme age-gap romance
middle-aged woman in love with younger man
relationships and social conventions
medium live theatre
narrativeFocus female protagonist in midlife
notableFor exploration of age and relationships
witty dialogue
originalBroadwayProductionOpeningDate 1968
originalBroadwayTheatre Morosco Theatre
originalLanguage English
playwright Jay Presson Allen
producer David Merrick
setting Athens, Greece
linked to: Athens

New York City
subjectMatter romance between a 40-year-old woman and a man in his twenties
timePeriodOfStory contemporary to late 1960s

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Julie Harris notableWork Forty Carats