At its end, two characters are "shaken out of the magnolias" after they witness a murder, and the title ditty, including made-up lyrics picked up during the Spanish Civil War, is sung in Act II.  Joshua, Babbette, and Bodo are the impressively mature children of Sara, Fanny'
At its end, two characters are "shaken out of the magnolias" after they witness a murder, and the title ditty, including made-up lyrics picked up during the Spanish Civil War, is sung in Act II.  Joshua, Babbette, and Bodo are the impressively mature children of Sara, Fanny's estranged daughter.  Sara's husband, Kurt, has his briefcase containing $23,000 broken into by the Nazi Teck de Brancovis, but the former murders the latter to thwart a blackmail attempt. The Farrelly estate is the setting of -- for 10 points -- what play meant to alert America to the threat of the Nazis that was written by Lilian Hellman.
At its end, two characters are "shaken out of the magnolias" after they witness a murder, and the title ditty, including made-up lyrics picked up during the Spanish Civil War, is sung in Act II.  
Watch on the Rhine