The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker theatrical set drawing by Bernard Gray
Written byThornton Wilder
Characters
  • Horace Vandergelder
  • Dolly Gallagher Levi
  • Irene Molloy
  • Minnie Fay
  • Cornelius Hackl
  • Barnaby Tucker
  • Ermengarde
  • Miss Flora Van Husen
  • Malachi Stack
  • Ambrose Kemper
  • Gertrude
  • Miss Van Husen's Cook
  • Rudolf
  • Joe Scanlon
  • August
Date premiered1954
Place premieredBroadway
SettingNew York City

The Matchmaker is a 1954 Broadway play by Thornton Wilder, a rewritten version of his 1938 play The Merchant of Yonkers.