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''All the Way Home'' is a 1960 play by Tad Mosel. An adaptation of James Agee's UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning 1957 novel ''A Death in the Family'', the play itself won a Pulitzer for Drama in 1961.
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''All the Way Home'' is a 1960 play by Tad Mosel. An adaptation of James Agee's UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning 1957 novel ''A Death in the Family'', ''Literature/ADeathInTheFamily'', the play itself won a Pulitzer for Drama in 1961.
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''All the Way Home'' is a 1960 play by Tad Mosel. An adaptation of James Agee's UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning posthumous 1957 novel ''A Death in the Family'', the play itself won a Pulitzer for Drama in 1961.
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Creator/LillianGish appeared in the original cast as Mary's mother Catherine. A 1963 film adaptation starred Creator/JeanSimmons as Mary and Creator/RobertPreston as Jay, while a 1971 ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' television version starred Creator/JoanneWoodward as Mary and Creator/RichardKiley as Jay. Creator/PatHingle played Ralph in both the 1963 and 1971 adaptations.
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Creator/LillianGish appeared in the original cast as Mary's mother Catherine. A 1963 film adaptation starred Creator/JeanSimmons as Mary and Creator/RobertPreston as Jay, while a 1971 ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' television version starred Creator/JoanneWoodward as Mary and Creator/RichardKiley as Jay. Creator/PatHingle played Ralph in both the 1963 and 1971 adaptations.
adaptations. A 1981 stage production was {{broadcast live}} on NBC; Creator/SallyField starred as Mary, with Creator/WilliamHurt as Jay and Creator/NedBeatty as Ralph.
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''All the Way Home'' is a 1960 play by Tad Mosel. It is an An adaptation of the James Agee's UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning posthumous 1957 novel ''A Death in the Family'' by James Agee.
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Creator/LillianGish appeared in the original cast as Mary's mother Catherine. A 1963 film adaptation starred Creator/JeanSimmons as Mary and Creator/RobertPreston as Jay.
Jay, while a 1971 ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' television version starred Creator/JoanneWoodward as Mary and Creator/RichardKiley as Jay. Creator/PatHingle played Ralph in both the 1963 and 1971 adaptations.
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* EarTrumpet: Mary's mostly deaf mother Catherine wears one. Catherine's mishearing things and people having to shout into the ear trumpet are a running gag.
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* TheAlcoholic: Ralph arrives at Jay and Mary's house drunk and belligerent, swigging from a flask hidden in his coat. Jay apparently had a drinking problem in his past that he quit by GoingColdTurkey.
* CensorshipBySpelling: The conservative Mary worries about how to explain to Rufus that she is pregnant. She tells her husband, "Jay, I don't want him asking any q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n-s." Jay laughs and says that won't work as Rufus can spell better than they can.
* DissonantLaughter: Mary is sobbing and drinking whiskey when Catherine says, "Mother said in times of stress the best thing to drink was buttermilk." Everyone else dissolves in hysterical cackling laughter.
* DrowningMySorrows: Mary demands whiskey and starts downing shots after hearing about Jay's death in the accident.
* EarTrumpet: Mary's mostly deaf mother Catherine wears one. Catherine's mishearing things and people having to shout into the ear trumpet are a runninggag.gag.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jay's opening scene in which he comforts Rufus after the GangOfBullies made Rufus cry establishes him as a caring and affectionate father.
* GangOfBullies: The four neighborhood kids who seem to like nothing more than to scream at Rufus that he has "a n****r name".
* ItsAllAboutMe: Rufus is a complete prick before the funeral, shouting about how angry he is that they took Jay to a local undertaker instead of letting him handle it.
* MaidenAunt: Mary's Aunt Hannah, there to lend support after Jay is killed. After Hannah says Mary has to rely on God, a hysterical Mary says "Oh Aunt Hannah, you never had anything but God! I had a man."
* RunningGag: Catherine's deafness and misunderstanding things. Twice characters go to answer the telephone and Catherine says "Bathroom?"
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The play ends with Mary finally explaining to Rufus that she's going to have a baby.
* WidowsWeeds: Mary puts on the standard black dress and veil for the funeral.
* CensorshipBySpelling: The conservative Mary worries about how to explain to Rufus that she is pregnant. She tells her husband, "Jay, I don't want him asking any q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n-s." Jay laughs and says that won't work as Rufus can spell better than they can.
* DissonantLaughter: Mary is sobbing and drinking whiskey when Catherine says, "Mother said in times of stress the best thing to drink was buttermilk." Everyone else dissolves in hysterical cackling laughter.
* DrowningMySorrows: Mary demands whiskey and starts downing shots after hearing about Jay's death in the accident.
* EarTrumpet: Mary's mostly deaf mother Catherine wears one. Catherine's mishearing things and people having to shout into the ear trumpet are a running
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jay's opening scene in which he comforts Rufus after the GangOfBullies made Rufus cry establishes him as a caring and affectionate father.
* GangOfBullies: The four neighborhood kids who seem to like nothing more than to scream at Rufus that he has "a n****r name".
* ItsAllAboutMe: Rufus is a complete prick before the funeral, shouting about how angry he is that they took Jay to a local undertaker instead of letting him handle it.
* MaidenAunt: Mary's Aunt Hannah, there to lend support after Jay is killed. After Hannah says Mary has to rely on God, a hysterical Mary says "Oh Aunt Hannah, you never had anything but God! I had a man."
* RunningGag: Catherine's deafness and misunderstanding things. Twice characters go to answer the telephone and Catherine says "Bathroom?"
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The play ends with Mary finally explaining to Rufus that she's going to have a baby.
* WidowsWeeds: Mary puts on the standard black dress and veil for the funeral.
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''All the Way Home'' is a 1960 play by Tad Mosel. It is an adaptation of the novel ''A Death in the Family'' by James Agee.
Jay and Mary Follett are a married couple in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1915. Jay works as a lawyer for his father-in-law, Joel Lynch. The Folletts have a six-year-old son, Rufus, who is a quiet and sensitive child. Mary has just learned that she is pregnant again, and worries about how to tell Rufus, as that discussion may require TheTalk.
The action opens with the arrival of Jay's abrasive, alcoholic brother Ralph, an undertaker, along with the rest of the Folletts: Ralph's wife Sally and son Jim Wilson, and Ralph and Jay's parents, John Henry and Jessie. The whole family goes off to visit 104-year-old Great-Great-Grandmaw, bringing together five generations of Folletts. Jay and Mary go back home and have a talk about life and the distance between people. Then Jay gets a panicked call from Ralph about their father having a medical emergency. Eventually, tragedy strikes.
Creator/LillianGish appeared in the original cast as Mary's mother Catherine. A 1963 film adaptation starred Creator/JeanSimmons as Mary.
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* EarTrumpet: Mary's mostly deaf mother Catherine wears one. Catherine's mishearing things and people having to shout into the ear trumpet are a running gag.
Jay and Mary Follett are a married couple in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1915. Jay works as a lawyer for his father-in-law, Joel Lynch. The Folletts have a six-year-old son, Rufus, who is a quiet and sensitive child. Mary has just learned that she is pregnant again, and worries about how to tell Rufus, as that discussion may require TheTalk.
The action opens with the arrival of Jay's abrasive, alcoholic brother Ralph, an undertaker, along with the rest of the Folletts: Ralph's wife Sally and son Jim Wilson, and Ralph and Jay's parents, John Henry and Jessie. The whole family goes off to visit 104-year-old Great-Great-Grandmaw, bringing together five generations of Folletts. Jay and Mary go back home and have a talk about life and the distance between people. Then Jay gets a panicked call from Ralph about their father having a medical emergency. Eventually, tragedy strikes.
Creator/LillianGish appeared in the original cast as Mary's mother Catherine. A 1963 film adaptation starred Creator/JeanSimmons as Mary.
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!!Tropes:
* EarTrumpet: Mary's mostly deaf mother Catherine wears one. Catherine's mishearing things and people having to shout into the ear trumpet are a running gag.
