Grin and Bare It!

Grin and Bare It! is a one act farce by Ken McQuire (), adapted from a 1929 play by Tom Cushing (1879 – 1941).[1]

The original text

Based on Barely Proper, a 1929 play by Tom Cushing (1879 – 1941).[2], that went unperformed on Broadway during his lifetime. (Cushing subtitled it "An Unplayable Play", though the text was published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1931.)

The original Cushing work was set in Southern California in 1929, and dealt with a family of nudists whose daughter brings home her proper Bostonian fiancé. The play was written in the 1920's but was never commercially produced.

In 1970 it was adapted as a one-act farce (subtitled "The Unplayable Play") by Ken McQuire, and opened on March 16, 1970 at the Belasco Theatre, New York, NY.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: First performed at the Victory Theatre, directed by Rex Garner and starring Gordon Mulholland, Eddie Eckstein, Tim Plewman, Mike Huff.

1991: Performed at the Baxter Theatre from 9 January 1991

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Barely-Proper-Unplayable-Illustrated-Mordecai/dp/B00DMYOF4I

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/grin-and-bare-it-9854

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/grin-and-bare-it--postcards-3515

https://playbill.com/production/grin-and-bare-it-belasco-theatre-vault-0000010794

https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/16/archives/a-nudist-play-without-sex.html

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