Harvey (play)

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Harvey (play) is a 1944 Pulitzer Prize–winning stage comedy by Mary Chase about a genial man whose best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy play
stage play
author Mary Chase NERFINISHED
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED
characterTypeOfHarvey invisible rabbit
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceYear 1944
firstPublicationCentury 20th century
genre comedy
fantasy
hasAdaptation Harvey (1950 film) NERFINISHED
Harvey (1972 television film) NERFINISHED
Harvey (other television adaptations) NERFINISHED
hasBroadwayRun yes
hasCharacter Dr. Lyman Sanderson NERFINISHED
Dr. William Chumley NERFINISHED
Elwood P. Dowd NERFINISHED
Harvey NERFINISHED
Judge Omar Gaffney NERFINISHED
Myrtle Mae Simmons NERFINISHED
Nurse Ruth Kelly NERFINISHED
Veta Louise Simmons NERFINISHED
hasSubject a man whose best friend is an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit
hasWestEndProduction yes
influenced later works about imaginary companions
isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork true
mainCharacter Elwood P. Dowd NERFINISHED
notableActorInAdaptation James Stewart NERFINISHED
notableAwardYear 1945
notableBroadwayProductionYear 1944
notableTheme kindness and compassion
reality versus illusion
tolerance of eccentricity
originalBroadwayProducer Brock Pemberton NERFINISHED
originalBroadwayTheatre 42nd Street Theatre NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
PulitzerPrize Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED
PulitzerPrizeYear 1945
setting an American town
subjectMatter imaginary friend
mental health
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
titleCharacter Harvey NERFINISHED
writer Mary Chase NERFINISHED

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Harvey basedOn Harvey (play)
James Dreyfus notableWork Harvey (play)
this entity surface form: Harvey (stage production)
Larry Blyden notableWork Harvey (play)
this entity surface form: Harvey (Broadway revival)