The Matchmaker (1955)

by Thornton Wilder

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Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker (Perennial Classics) by Thornton Wilder

Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 by John Gassner

50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 2 by Clive Barnes

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The Matchmaker

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1955

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Dolly Gallagher Levi

Horace Vandergelder

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Yonkers, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA

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