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The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves
Poster by James McMullan
Written byJohn Guare
Date premiered1966
Place premieredEugene O'Neill Theater Center
Waterford, Connecticut
Original languageEnglish
SubjectA zookeeper longs to write songs for the movies as his AWOL son and the Pope arrive in New York City.
GenreBlack comedy
SettingA bar and an apartment in Queens, New York, 1965.

The House of Blue Leaves is a play by American playwright John Guare which premiered Off-Broadway in 1971, and was revived in 1986, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and was again revived on Broadway in 2011. The play won the Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play and the Obie Award for Best American Play in 1971. The play is set in 1965, when Pope Paul VI visited New York City.


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