Sly Fox
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'''''Sly Fox''''' is a comedic play by [[Larry Gelbart]], based on [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''[[Volpone]]'' (''The Fox''), updating the setting from Renaissance [[Venice]] to 19th century [[San Francisco]], and changing the tone from satire to farce.
It premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[December 14]] [[1976]] at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]]. Directed by [[Arthur Penn]], the play featured [[George C. Scott]], [[Bob Dishy]], [[Hector Elizondo]], [[Jack Gilford]], and [[Gretchen Wyler]].
It was revived on [[April 1]], [[2004]] at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], again directed by Arthur Penn, featuring [[Richard Dreyfuss]], [[Bob Dishy]], [[Eric Stoltz]], [[Rene Auberjonois (actor)|René Auberjonois]], [[Professor Irwin Corey]], [[Elizabeth Berkley]], [[Rachel York]], [[Peter Scolari]], and [[Bronson Pinchot]].
Like ''Volpone'', and [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s opera ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'', this is a story of a con-man who convinces others that he is near death, and turns their greed against them for his own gain.
==Plot==
Foxwell J. Sly has his assistant Simon Able spread the word that he is wealthy, dying, making a will, and might be moved to make a bequest if showered with gifts.
Able, though, would rather have the money for himself, and the intricate plotting of the two, and the schemes of those who would fleece Sly himself produce a farcical plot on which Gelbart's hangs his witticisms.
==Quotes==
*"Ah! Gold! "God" with an 'L'!"
*"Never think too little of people; there’s always a little less to be thought."
[[Category:Broadway plays]]
[[Category:1976 plays]]
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