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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aDell, Floyd,
_d1887-1969
245 1 0 _aSweet and Twenty: A Comedy in One Act
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-05-12
508 _aE-text prepared by MFR, Nahum Maso i Carcases, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Sweet and Twenty: A Comedy in One Act" by Floyd Dell is a one-act play written during the early 20th century. The play captures a lighthearted exploration of love and relationships, set against the backdrop of a cherry orchard on a country estate that is being shown to potential buyers. Through witty dialogue and humorous misunderstandings, the narrative delves into the complexities of romantic attraction and societal expectations regarding marriage. The storyline revolves around two characters, a young woman and a young man, who meet serendipitously while both are exploring the property. Initially, they both believe they are in relationships with other people, which leads to a series of comedic confusions and declarations of love. As they engage in a playful battle over their feelings and societal conventions, they uncover their mutual attraction and challenge each other’s assumptions about commitment. However, the arrival of an agent reveals familial arrangements aimed at ensuring their marriage, adding an unexpected twist to their budding relationship as they weigh the nature of love against the pressures of expectation. The play ultimately emphasizes the conflict between the freedom of love and the constraints of social institutions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aComedy plays
653 _aOne-act plays
653 _aAmerican drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54711
999 _c95543
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