The Guinea Pig (play)
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The Guinea Pig is a 1929 comedy
in three acts by Preston Sturges
, his first play to appear on Broadway
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The Broadway production was directed by Walter Greenough and produced by Sturges. It opened on 17 January 1929 at the President Theatre, and ran for 64 performances, closing in March of that year.
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
in three acts by Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...
, his first play to appear on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
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The Broadway production was directed by Walter Greenough and produced by Sturges. It opened on 17 January 1929 at the President Theatre, and ran for 64 performances, closing in March of that year.