Loud slap dash and uproariousextraordinarily original and funnyNew York TimesNow for the first time in a standalone edition Thornton Wilders brilliant hilarious play which was adapted into the hit Broadway musical Hello Dolly with an afterword by Wilders nephew Tappan WilderHorace Vandergelder a wealthy old merchant residing in Yonkers has decided its time to take a wife and hires a matchmaker But Dolly Gallagher Levi is no ordinary matchmaker Shes a force of nature with a plan of her own Levi soon becomes involved in the affairs of the hearts of all those around herincluding Vandergelders niece his store clerks assorted young and lovely ladies and the headwaiter at an expensive restaurant where this swift farce inevitably runs headlong into hilarious complications Indeed after a series of slapstick situations involving mistaken identities a secret rendezvous behind carefully placed screens separated lovers and a trip to night courteveryone involved eventually finds themselves paired with a perfect matchA delightful deliciously funny classic by Thornton Wilder The Matchmaker is astonishingly modern and is sure to resonate with audiences and readers today