''Weekend'' is a 1968 comedy play by
Gore Vidal
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and ...
starring
John Forsythe
John Forsythe (January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety s ...
,
Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 11, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar N ...
, and
Carol Cole.
The play was profiled in the
William Goldman
William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays '' ...
book ''
The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway''.
Plot
A Republican senator's son brings home a black girlfriend.
Revival
The play was unsuccessful on Broadway but was revived in 2008.
2008 Revival information
accessed 15 June 2013
References
External links
''Weekend'' at Internet Broadway Database
1968 plays
Plays by Gore Vidal
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