Forty Carats

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Forty Carats is a romantic comedy play, later adapted into a film, about a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a much younger man, noted for its witty exploration of age and relationships.

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instanceOf Broadway play ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptedAs film "Forty Carats" ⓘ
adaptedFromWorkBy Barillet et Grédy ⓘ
author Jay Presson Allen ⓘ
award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie Harris) ⓘ
basedOn French play "Quarante carats" ⓘ
broadwayLeadActress Julie Harris ⓘ
broadwayLeadRole Ann Stanley ⓘ
broadwayPeriod late 1960s ⓘ
broadwayRunType commercial production ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticTone light-hearted ⓘ
witty ⓘ
filmAdaptationCountryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Milton Katselas ⓘ
filmAdaptationLanguage English ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1973 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Jay Presson Allen ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Binnie Barnes ⓘ
Edward Albert ⓘ
Gene Kelly ⓘ
Liv Ullmann ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation feature film ⓘ
hasForm three-act play ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ann Stanley ⓘ
Peter Latham ⓘ
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences ⓘ
mainTheme age-gap romance ⓘ
middle-aged woman in love with younger man ⓘ
relationships and social conventions ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
narrativeFocus female protagonist in midlife ⓘ
notableFor exploration of age and relationships ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionOpeningDate 1968 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Morosco Theatre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwright Jay Presson Allen ⓘ
producer David Merrick ⓘ
setting Athens, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Athens

New York City ⓘ
subjectMatter romance between a 40-year-old woman and a man in his twenties ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory contemporary to late 1960s ⓘ

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Julie Harris → notableWork → Forty Carats ⓘ