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''Craig's Wife'' won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for drama. It was adapted into film three times: a silent version, a well-regarded 1936 version that was a StarMakingRole for Creator/RosalindRussell (directed by Dorothy Arzner, practically the only woman working as a director in Hollywood in the 1930s), and more loosely in 1950 as ''Film/HarrietCraig'' with Creator/JoanCrawford.
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''Craig's Wife'' won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for drama. It was adapted into film three times: a silent version, a well-regarded 1936 version that was a StarMakingRole for Creator/RosalindRussell (directed by Dorothy Arzner, Creator/DorothyArzner, practically the only woman working as a director in Hollywood in the 1930s), and more loosely in 1950 as ''Film/HarrietCraig'' with Creator/JoanCrawford.
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''Craig's Wife'' won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for drama. It was adapted into film three times: a silent version, a well-regarded 1936 version that was a StarMakingRole for Rosalind Russell, Creator/RosalindRussell (directed by Dorothy Arzner, practically the only woman working as a director in Hollywood in the 1930s), and more loosely in 1950 as ''Film/HarrietCraig'' with Creator/JoanCrawford.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After everybody leaves her, Harriet, now alone, receives a telegram that her sister has died of a heart attack. She breaks down sobbing, then wanders over the room carelessly dropping rose petals from Mrs. Frazier's roses, as the play ends. Previously, dropped rose petals had been a BerserkButton for Harriet the neat freak.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After everybody leaves her, Harriet, now alone, receives a telegram that her sister has died of a heart attack. She breaks down sobbing, then wanders over the room carelessly dropping rose petals from Mrs. Frazier's roses, as the play ends. Previously, dropped rose petals had been a BerserkButton for Harriet the neat freak.freak.
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''Craig's Wife'' is a 1925 play by George Kelly.
Harriet Craig is the wife of Walter Craig, an upper-class Manhattan businessman. They live in a household that consists of Walter's aunt Miss Austen, and their servants Maizie and Mrs. Harold. Harriet is a domineering and shrewish wife, bossing the servants around, freezing out Walter's friends, and dominating her meek husband as well. She is every bit as cold to her niece Ethel, who has arrived at the Craig household in emotional distress about her mother, Harriet's sister, who is in a hospital with heart disease. Further stress is brought into the home when it appears that Walter may be implicated in a scandalous murder case.
''Craig's Wife'' won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for drama. It was adapted into film three times: a silent version, a well-regarded 1936 version that was a StarMakingRole for Rosalind Russell, and more loosely in 1950 as ''Harriet Craig'' with Creator/JoanCrawford.
Playwright George Kelly was the uncle of famed Hollywood actress Creator/GraceKelly.
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!!Tropes:
* BadBoss: Harriet is such a housecleaning Nazi that she makes life miserable for her domestics, and the household staff has a high turnover rate. When Mrs. Harold tells Harriet that she is leaving with Miss Austin, she also tells Harriet that the employment agency won't be sending over any new help, as Harriet keeps firing them all. Harriet fires Maizie for leaving out a business card in the wrong place.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The play takes place from 5:30 one afternoon to 9 the following morning. Unrealistic in this instance, especially with Walter who goes from being whipped to walking out on his wife at record speed.
* GoldDigger: Harriet is quite frank to everybody but Walter about how she married to get a household and security, with love having absolutely nothing to do with it. Her actions are explained--her mother was dumped for a second wife, leaving Harriet and her sister with nothing--but they are still portrayed as cold and selfish.
* HenpeckedHusband: The whole plot concerns Harriet's efforts to turn Walter into this. She's frozen out his friends and circumscribed his behavior within the home. When Walter finally catches on he leaves her in order to avoid becoming this.
* TheLostLenore: Mrs. Frazier, the neighbor, reveals that she's never been truly happy since her husband was killed in a car wreck 15 years prior.
* MaamShock: Mrs. Frazier reveals that she resented her grandson for a while solely for the fact that his existence made her a grandmother.
* MaidenAunt: Miss Austin, Walter's aunt, who is specifically described as ''Miss'' Austin. Harriet's desire to exclude all outside influences from the Craig household leads Miss Austin to move out.
* NeatFreak: Harriet is this to an extreme degree, ordering Walter that he can only smoke in certain rooms (an outrageous demand in the 1920s), having special brushes to dust the house plants, freaking out at the prospect of rose petals falling onto the floor.
* TitleDrop: Delivered in the form of an insult, when Miss Austin relates that she heard some men at a restaurant say “Listen to Craig's wife over here” when discussing an overbearing wife.
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Harriet hangs up on Ethel's suitor Mr. Fredericks abruptly, after saying “I don't care to disturb her just now. I'm very sorry.” Justified in this instance as Harriet is trying to keep them apart.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Actually, Mr. Fredericks makes enough to support Ethel, he just can't support her in the upper-crust style she's grown up in, being a prep school teacher. Harriet cites this as a reason why Ethel shouldn't marry him.
* VillainousBreakdown: After everybody leaves her, Harriet, now alone, receives a telegram that her sister has died of a heart attack. She breaks down sobbing, then wanders over the room carelessly dropping rose petals from Mrs. Frazier's roses, as the play ends. Previously, dropped rose petals had been a BerserkButton for Harriet the neat freak.
''Craig's Wife'' is a 1925 play by George Kelly.
Harriet Craig is the wife of Walter Craig, an upper-class Manhattan businessman. They live in a household that consists of Walter's aunt Miss Austen, and their servants Maizie and Mrs. Harold. Harriet is a domineering and shrewish wife, bossing the servants around, freezing out Walter's friends, and dominating her meek husband as well. She is every bit as cold to her niece Ethel, who has arrived at the Craig household in emotional distress about her mother, Harriet's sister, who is in a hospital with heart disease. Further stress is brought into the home when it appears that Walter may be implicated in a scandalous murder case.
''Craig's Wife'' won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for drama. It was adapted into film three times: a silent version, a well-regarded 1936 version that was a StarMakingRole for Rosalind Russell, and more loosely in 1950 as ''Harriet Craig'' with Creator/JoanCrawford.
Playwright George Kelly was the uncle of famed Hollywood actress Creator/GraceKelly.
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!!Tropes:
* BadBoss: Harriet is such a housecleaning Nazi that she makes life miserable for her domestics, and the household staff has a high turnover rate. When Mrs. Harold tells Harriet that she is leaving with Miss Austin, she also tells Harriet that the employment agency won't be sending over any new help, as Harriet keeps firing them all. Harriet fires Maizie for leaving out a business card in the wrong place.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The play takes place from 5:30 one afternoon to 9 the following morning. Unrealistic in this instance, especially with Walter who goes from being whipped to walking out on his wife at record speed.
* GoldDigger: Harriet is quite frank to everybody but Walter about how she married to get a household and security, with love having absolutely nothing to do with it. Her actions are explained--her mother was dumped for a second wife, leaving Harriet and her sister with nothing--but they are still portrayed as cold and selfish.
* HenpeckedHusband: The whole plot concerns Harriet's efforts to turn Walter into this. She's frozen out his friends and circumscribed his behavior within the home. When Walter finally catches on he leaves her in order to avoid becoming this.
* TheLostLenore: Mrs. Frazier, the neighbor, reveals that she's never been truly happy since her husband was killed in a car wreck 15 years prior.
* MaamShock: Mrs. Frazier reveals that she resented her grandson for a while solely for the fact that his existence made her a grandmother.
* MaidenAunt: Miss Austin, Walter's aunt, who is specifically described as ''Miss'' Austin. Harriet's desire to exclude all outside influences from the Craig household leads Miss Austin to move out.
* NeatFreak: Harriet is this to an extreme degree, ordering Walter that he can only smoke in certain rooms (an outrageous demand in the 1920s), having special brushes to dust the house plants, freaking out at the prospect of rose petals falling onto the floor.
* TitleDrop: Delivered in the form of an insult, when Miss Austin relates that she heard some men at a restaurant say “Listen to Craig's wife over here” when discussing an overbearing wife.
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Harriet hangs up on Ethel's suitor Mr. Fredericks abruptly, after saying “I don't care to disturb her just now. I'm very sorry.” Justified in this instance as Harriet is trying to keep them apart.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Actually, Mr. Fredericks makes enough to support Ethel, he just can't support her in the upper-crust style she's grown up in, being a prep school teacher. Harriet cites this as a reason why Ethel shouldn't marry him.
* VillainousBreakdown: After everybody leaves her, Harriet, now alone, receives a telegram that her sister has died of a heart attack. She breaks down sobbing, then wanders over the room carelessly dropping rose petals from Mrs. Frazier's roses, as the play ends. Previously, dropped rose petals had been a BerserkButton for Harriet the neat freak.
