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By Ferenc Molnár
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The volume presents two stage plays. One is a three-act comedy set largely in a small fashion shop, where merchants and patrons engage in witty exchanges, social posturing, and a series of misunderstandings that reveal vanity, aspiration, and everyday rivalries. The other piece is a shorter, more introspective drama that concentrates on intimate emotional conflicts, exploring longing, duty, and the fragile nature of beauty through compact scenes and understated stagecraft.

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Title: Fashions for men, and The swan

Two plays by Franz Molnar

Author: Ferenc Molnár

Translator: Benjamin F. Glazer

Release date: March 13, 2025 [eBook #75610]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921

Credits: Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

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FASHIONS FOR MEN
THE SWAN

FASHIONS FOR MEN
AND
THE SWAN

TWO PLAYS BY
FRANZ MOLNAR
Author of “Liliom”

English Texts by Benjamin Glazer

BONI and LIVERIGHT
Publishers     New York

FASHIONS FOR MEN
THE SWAN

English Texts Copyright, 1922, by
Benjamin Glazer, N. Y.

German Texts, Copyright, 1921, by
M. Bard, Vienna.

CAUTION—All persons are hereby warned that the plays published in this volume are fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States and all foreign countries, and are subject to royalty, and anyone presenting any of said plays without the consent of the Author or his recognized agents, will be liable to the penalties by law provided. Applications for the acting rights of “Fashions for Men” must be made to the Modern Theatre Corporation, 17 East 45th Street, New York City.

Printed in the United States of America

First printing, November, 1922.
Second printing, November, 1923.
Third printing, February, 1924.
Fourth printing, May, 1924.
Fifth printing, November, 1924.

As originally produced by Maurice S. Revnes, November, 1922, New York City.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

(In the order of their appearance)

Peter Juhasz O. P. Heggie
Adele, his wife Beth Merrill
Aristocratic Lady Edythe Tressider
Oscar Clarke Silvernail
Unassuming Lady Frances Goodrich
Philip Frank Peters
Young Gentleman Fred Burton
Paula Helen Gahagan
Adolf George Frenger
The Count Edwin Nicander
Delivery Boy James Hagen
Domokos George Frenger
Santha Fred Barton
Mate Charles Ellis
Maid Sedonia Elin
Thorough Young Lady Katherine Haden
Dissatisfied Lady Frances Goodrich
Nervous Gentleman John Rogers
Old Gentleman James Hagen
Patient Lady Sedonia Elin
Cabman George Frenger

Staged by Mr. Glazer
Settings by Sheldon K. Viele
Stage Manager James Hagen

Scenery painted by Robert W. Bergman
Costumes by Aline Bernstein
Act 1, built by Theodore Reisig
Act 2, built by Samuel Friedman

General Manager John Peter Toohey