Matchmaker

<p><strong>Loud slap dash and uproarious...extraordinarily original and funny.--<em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>Now for the first time in a standalone edition Thornton Wilder's brilliant hilarious play which was adapted into the hit Broadway musical <em>Hello Dolly</em> with an afterword by Wilder's nephew Tappan Wilder.</strong></p><p>Horace Vandergelder a wealthy old merchant residing in Yonkers has decided it's time to take a wife and hires a matchmaker. But Dolly Gallagher Levi is no ordinary matchmaker. She's a force of nature with a plan of her own. Levi soon becomes involved in the affairs of the hearts of all those around her--including Vandergelder's niece his store clerks assorted young and lovely ladies and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant where this swift farce inevitably runs headlong into hilarious complications. Indeed after a series of slapstick situations involving mistaken identities a secret rendezvous behind carefully placed screens separated lovers and a trip to night court--everyone involved eventually finds themselves paired with a perfect match.</p><p>A delightful deliciously funny classic by Thornton Wilder <em>The Matchmaker</em> is astonishingly modern and is sure to resonate with audiences and readers today.</p>