The Curious Savage

 A Comedy by John Patrick 

Synopsis

Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to make the best use of it in spite of the efforts of her grown-up stepchildren to get their hands on it. Mrs. Savage is determined to establish a fund to help others realize their hopes and dreams. In the sanatorium (where her stepchildren send her to have her committed), she meets various social misfits, men and women who just cannot adjust themselves to life, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide. In getting to know them, she realizes that she will find happiness with them and plans to spend the rest of her life as one of them. But when the doctor tells her there is no reason why she should remain, she hesitates to go out into a hard world where people seem ready to do anything for money. The dominant mood is high comedy, and the audience is left with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and affection have not been entirely lost in a world that seems motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty.

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