In its Broadway debut this play featured Paul Newman in the role of a young man betrayed by his fiancee.
In its Broadway debut this play featured Paul Newman in the role of a young man betrayed by his fiancee. Poopdeck McCullough is the only character mentioned who does not appear on stage. Another minor character is Bomber, a teenage boy who appears in the beginning to make fun of the younger Owens girl. A side plot concerns Rosemary Sydney's attempts to tie down Howard Bevans, but the primary story focuses on Alan Seymour, his fiancée, and her attraction to another man. Said fiancée, Madge Owens, finally succumbs and sleeps with said other man, Hal Carter, while everyone else is away at the title event. FTP, name this play by William Inge.
In its Broadway debut this play featured Paul Newman in the role of a young man betrayed by his fiancee.
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