Three American theater classics by two of our most revered playwrights.
"Once in a Lifetime" is a highly charged satire about three small-time vaudevillians who set out for Hollywood. There, their wild luck, the incompetence of the producers, and the haywire atmosphere of the burgeoning film industry conspire to their great success.
The 1936 Pulitzer Prize winner "You Can t Take It With You" is the tale of a zany but lovable family of hobby-horse enthusiasts. For thirty-five years Grandpa has done nothing but hunt snakes, throw darts, and avoid income-tax payments; his son-in-law...

In the most comprehensive collection of Kaufman's plays ever assembled, are nine classics, including his uproarious backstage play The Royal Family (1927, written with Edna Ferber) and the Marx Brothers-inspired mayhem of Animal Crackers (1928, with Morrie Ryskind).