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Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved with two of Vandergelder's clerks, several lovely ladies, and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant, where this swift farce runs headlong into hilarious complications. After more...

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Horace Vandergelder (u/s)
(Applause Books)
A Cabman
Miss Flora Van Husen

(a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife)
Ambrose Kemper

(Artist)
Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi

(a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife)
Gertrude

(Vandergelder's Housekeeper)
Minnie Fay

(Mrs. Molloy's Assistant)
Irene Molloy

(a Milliner)
Cornelius Hackl

(Clerk in Vandergelder's Store)
Rudolf

(Waiter)
A Musician
Joe Scanlon
Malachi Stack
August

(Waiter)
Barnaby Tucker

(Apprentice in Vandergelder's Store)
Robert Morse, who played in The Matchmaker, is renowned for his Tony Award-winning role as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and for his memorable portrayal of Truman Capote in the one-man play Tru. more...
Horace Vandergelder

(a Merchant of Yonkers)
Miss Van Huysen's Cook

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Awards and Nominations


1956 Tony Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Ruth Gordon was nominated but did not win.

Production Team

Tyrone Guthrie Director
Tanya Moiseiwitsch Costume Designer
Scenic Designer

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