Comedy : Three One-act Plays - John Patrick - New York 1980
These three one-act plays are held together by the common theme of the effects a pet dog can have on the relations between human beings in New York City.
A young wife receives from the estate of her wealthy aunt nothing but the dead woman's pet lapdog, and its elaborate doghouse. Her husband takes the dog for a walk, gives its dog collar away to a young girl who asks for it, and returns home to find his wife nearly hysterical following her discovery that the collar is inset with diamonds. All ends happily, though, when the collar is returned to them by the young girl, who has found it to be too small for her own pet.
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The development of a friendship between a young man and woman who meet because they both use violin cases to transport their miniature poodles into and out of an apartment building which prohibits the keeping of pets.
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A meeting between a couple whose marriage has broken down leads not to the division of property for which it was called, but rather to their reconciliation when neither of them can bear to part from their pet dog.
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