A Majority of One

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A Majority of One is a 1959 Broadway play (later adapted into a film) that explores cultural clashes and mutual understanding between a Jewish widow and a Japanese businessman.

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instanceOf Broadway play
comedy
film
romantic comedy
stage play
author Leonard Spigelgass
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
basedOn A Majority of One self-linksurface differs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: United States
director Ralph Nelson
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
featuresCharacter Bertha Jacoby
Koichi Asano NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceDate 1959
genre comedy
romantic comedy
romantic comedy
social drama
hasAdaptation A Majority of One (1961 film)
language English
English
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway
producedBy David Merrick
Michael Gordon
releaseDate 1961
screenwriter Leonard Spigelgass
setting Brooklyn
surface form: Brooklyn, New York

a trans-Pacific voyage
stars Alec Guinness
Raymond Massey
Rosalind Russell
subject Jewish–Japanese relations
cultural differences
intercultural romance
post–World War II reconciliation
prejudice
theatreOfFirstPerformance Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
surface form: The Broadway Theatre

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Ruth Gordon notableWork A Majority of One
Morosco Theatre hostedProduction A Majority of One
A Majority of One basedOn A Majority of One self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: A Majority of One (1961 film)