The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
| The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden | |
|---|---|
A 1952 production of The Happy Journey at Shimer College | |
| Written by | Thornton Wilder |
| Characters | The Stage Manager Ma, Mrs. Kate Kirby Arthur, her son Caroline, her daughter Pa, Ma's husband Elmer Beulah, the Kirbys' married daughter who lives in Camden |
| Date premiered | November 25, 1931 |
| Place premiered | Yale University theater in New Haven, Connecticut |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | a family travels by motorcar to visit a daughter in Camden |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | the road going from Trenton to Camden in New Jersey |
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden is a one act play by American novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder written in 1931. It was first published in The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act (New York: Coward-McCann, 1931).