Everybody Loves Opal

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Everybody Loves Opal is a 1961 American comedy play by John Patrick. It was produced by Ray Stark and Seven Arts Productions. The original production starred Eileen Heckart.

The play only had a short run on Broadway but "was a gold mine on the dinner-theater circuit for the likes of Phyllis Diller and Martha Raye." [1]

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References

  1. Brown, Dennis (1992). Shoptalk : conversations about theater and film with twelve writers, one producer--and Tennessee Williams' mother. HarperCollins. p. 197. ISBN   978-1-55704-128-9.