The Script
A page from the script of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace , written in 1939. Teddy Brewster believes that he is Theodore Roosevelt. He cannot climb the stairs without "re-enacting" the charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, and is digging locks for the "Panama Canal" in the cellar of his aunt's house, where he lives.
The play itself ran on Broadway from January 1941 to June 1944, with 1,444 performances.
The Script
A page from the script of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace , written in 1939. Teddy Brewster believes that he is Theodore Roosevelt. He cannot climb the stairs without "re-enacting" the charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, and is digging locks for the "Panama Canal" in the cellar of his aunt's house, where he lives.
The play itself ran on Broadway from January 1941 to June 1944, with 1,444 performances.