{"product_id":"the-matchmaker-a-farce-in-four-acts-9780062693495","title":"The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts","description":"Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy old merchant residing in Yonkers has decided it's time to take a wife and hires a matchmaker. But Dolly Gallagher Levi is no ordinary matchmaker. She's a force of nature, with a plan of her own. Levi soon becomes involved in the affairs of the hearts of all those around her--including Vandergelder's niece, his store clerks, assorted young and lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant, where this swift farce inevitably runs headlong into hilarious complications. Indeed, after a series of slapstick situations involving mistaken identities, a secret rendezvous behind carefully placed screens, separated lovers, and a trip to night court--everyone involved eventually finds themselves paired with a perfect match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilder, Thornton:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His \u003cem\u003eBridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e (1938) and \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e (1943). Wilder's \u003cem\u003eThe Matchmaker\u003c\/em\u003e was adapted as the musical \u003cem\u003eHello, Dolly!\u003c\/em\u003e. He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eShadow of Doubt\u003c\/em\u003e [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523440546066,"sku":"9780062693495","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39aa7f4e-d96c-4a7c-8f68-5ebed87465fe.jpg?v=1737227064","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-matchmaker-a-farce-in-four-acts-9780062693495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}